what
pasta
1 tablespoon
salt
⅔ cup
extra-virgin olive oil
6 cloves
garlic slivered
1 teaspoon
dried red pepper flakes
500 grams
baby spinach
500 grams
linguine
1 cup
reserved pasta cooking water
¼ cup
pecorino romano cheese grated
bread crumb topping
1 cup
homemade bread crumbs
3 teaspoons
pecorino romano cheese grated
2 tablespoons
parsley chopped
1 teaspoon
olive oil
how
Combine topping ingredients in a bowl and reserve
For the spinach mixture...
- In a large oven-proof skillet, heat olive oil and garlic over a low flame until garlic is tender.
- Add red pepper flakes and cook about 30s, toss the spinach in the oil and cook until limp - turning often.
- Remove pan from heat and reserve until pasta is done
Then for the pasta...
- Cook the pasta, reserve 1 cup of cooking water and place into the spinach mix
- Drain the linguine and sprinkle cheese onto the steaming pasta
- Add linguine to the spinach mix and combine well
- Sprinkle bread crumb mixture on top and broil until crumbs are golden brown