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Parsley Fettuccine in a White Chocolate Garlic Spinach Sauce – #CIC

December 20, 2013

Parsley Fettucine with White Chocolate Sauce. As unique as it sounds, it's pretty darn good.


It’s another month for the Crazy Ingredient Challenge. For those of you who do not know about it, it is headed by Jutta of Hungry Little Girl blog and she selects two ingredients not normally found together then we all have to come up with a unique dish using both. It’s been quite a challenge to say the least and some of the combos have left me thinking very hard about what to do. December was no exception as I had to come up with a recipe using white chocolate and garlic… say what?

Serious, white chocolate and garlic? Are you out of your mind? I guess that’s the whole point behind the crazy ingredient challenge…. To get us out of our minds. This one was more challenging then last months gingerbread spice and onion.  And this one almost turned into a disaster since my first attempt was anything but successful.

white chocolate garlic

Let me tell you about it. My first idea was to do a spinach butternut squash ravioli with a garlic white chocolate creamy alfredo type sauce. It had many flavors and colors and sounded amazing. But as it turned out, it was great in theory, but a mess in reality. My employer recently gave me all the pasta attachments for my KitchenAid Mixer for my 10th anniversary of employment. That had to be the coolest thing ever and I am blessed to work for such wonderful people. One of the attachments was the ravioli maker. Everything I read said it takes awhile to master this but I decided to jump in feet first and give it a go.

Not the best idea I ever had.

I rolled the dough a little too thick and the whole mess clumped up and I had smashed butternut squash and dough everywhere. I kid you not! My hands and counter were covered and I wish I got a picture because you all would have laughed. So instead of having my squash and spinach inside ravioli, they got tossed in with the sauce.

So now it was on to plan B. I had some dough rolled out so I popped the ravioli maker off the KitchenAid, plugged in the fettuccine cutter and voila….. parsley fettuccine with a white chocolate garlic alfredo sauce with butternut squash and spinach. The ravioli insides went right into the sauce. Disaster averted.

The recipe below picks up where the “Ravioli Fiasco of 2013” left off.

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Fettuccine with White Chocolate Garlic Spinach Cream Sauce

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Fettuccine with White Chocolate Garlic Spinach Cream Sauce
Serves 2
Prep time 10 minutes
Cook time 15 minutes
Total time 25 minutes
This has a nice sweet and savory flavor and is a unique recipe for white chocolate

Ingredients

  • 8oz pasta (fresh or boxed)
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2oz cream cheese
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon garlic (chopped)
  • 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
  • 2 tablespoons grated parmesan
  • 1 cup fresh spinach (loosely packed)
  • 1/4 cup butternut squash (cooked and mashed)
  • 1 heaped tablespoon white chocolate chips
  • chopped butternut squash for garnish

Note

Add chopped chicken or shrimp for additional protein

Directions

Step 1
For the pasta, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook according to directions. Note: if using fresh pasta, it takes less then 5 minutes to cook through. I made a fresh parsley fettuccine
Step 2
While the water is boiling, add the heavy cream to a sauce pan and heat. Add cream cheese, butter, garlic, italian seasoning and onion salt and heat through until just about boiling. Add the parmesan and the chocolate chips.
Step 3
Add the spinach and butternut squash once the chips have melted.
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white chocolate garlic

This one was a huge challenge. I was concerned over how a white chocolate garlic sauce would turn out, especially since Plan A did not work out so well. However, the sauce was refreshingly delicious and I think adding the spinach and butternut squash to the sauce rather then inside the ravioli gave it something extra. For a recipe that evolved during the entire cooking process, it was good!  I gave some to my friend Penny, who taste tests all my Crazy Ingredient Challenge dishes and she called it restaurant quality. I call it a restaurant nightmare that had a happy ending.

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  1. Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama says

    December 20, 2013 at 10:00 am

    This sounds so good! Thanks for sharing your recipe. Pinned!
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  2. Kaylynn says

    December 20, 2013 at 10:05 am

    WHITE CHOCOLATE GARLIC?! Are you kidding me?! YUM!
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  3. Jenni @ Jenni's Ferris Wheel of Food says

    December 20, 2013 at 12:09 pm

    Looks wonderful!!! I loved this challenge and was surprised the two worked so well together!
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  4. Kelster says

    December 20, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    I’m glad you worked around it and came up with an amazing dish!

    Reply
  5. tam says

    December 20, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    YUM!

    Reply
  6. Marlys @Thisand That says

    December 20, 2013 at 11:35 pm

    Glad that they worked out in the end. This sounds wonderful.
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  7. Rachel Cotterill says

    December 29, 2013 at 2:53 am

    White chocolate and garlic? Mind. Blown. I’m glad to hear it worked out in the end 🙂 Does anyone ever pick crazy ingredient combinations that no-one can get to work?

    Also I’ve never had much luck with my ravioli maker… I need to master that in 2014!
    Rachel Cotterill recently posted…Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake TrifleMy Profile

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  8. Joanne T Ferguson says

    January 2, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    G’day! Unusual combination, but works for me!
    Thanks for sharing at the Foodie Friends Friday Best of 2013 Party!
    Cheers! Joanne
    Joanne T Ferguson recently posted…#Foodie Friends Friday 30 Minute Meals PartyMy Profile

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  9. Ali says

    January 5, 2014 at 11:54 pm

    yummy looks tasty! Thank you so much for linking this recipe up at Recipe Sharing Monday! The new link party is up and I’d love to see you back. Have a great week. 🙂
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