Swiss Chard and Ricotta Cheese Pasta
A simple recipe for your garden grown Swiss Chard.
it's sometimes hard to know what to do with a vegetable once you've grown it. Swiss Chard is like that. Swiss Chard like Radicchio, is bitter raw but provides depth and flavor when cooked.
This recipe is a quick and colorful meal that takes only 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 Bunch / 6 leaves
- Swiss Chard
- 3 Ounces
- Ricotta Cheese
- 1 Pound
- Rotini Pasta
- 2
- Cloves of Garlic
- 1
- Onion or equivalent Leaks
- 1 Tbsp.
- Vegetable Oil
- 1 Cup
- Liquid, reserved from pasta water
- 16 Oz.
- Sausage (optional)
Directions
- 1. Cook pasta to package directions.
- 2. In a dutch oven or large heavy saucepan, brown 16 oz. of sausage. Set aside.
- 3. Add in vegetable oil, onions and garlic. Cook over medium heat till soft.
- 4. Add chopped swiss chard. Continue cooking over medium heat until wilted.
- 5. Combine all other ingredients, sausage, ricotta cheese and pasta.
- 6. Add reserved pasta water as needed.