One Pot Kritharaki

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g Kritharaki (rice-shaped noodles)
• 200 g feta cheese
• 700 ml tomato puree (passata)
• 4 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tsp salt
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 1 liter of water
• 200 g mushrooms
• 1 pack of leaf spinach, frozen
• 2 tsp spice(s), Italian
• 1 pinch of hot paprika powder
• 1 small onion(s)
• 1 garlic clove(s)

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

simple, vegetarian

Pour the olive oil into a sufficiently large pot and heat. Dice the onion and sauté with the crushed garlic. Finely chop the mushrooms and sauté them. Add the thawed leaf spinach and sauté. Then add the tomato paste and stir to combine. Add the kritharaki pasta and sauté briefly. Add the water, passata, salt and the spices and stir well. Then simmer for 20 minutes, stirring frequently so the pasta doesn’t stick to the bottom. 5 minutes before the end of the cooking time, crumble the feta cheese, add it and let it melt. If the pasta is still too firm to the bite, simmer a little longer and add a little more water if necessary. The dish tastes best when it has been left to simmer for a little longer.