Fresh Spinach With Leeks in Pernod
photo by ChefLee
- Ready In:
- 22mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large leek
- 10 ounces fresh spinach
- 1 large tomatoes, diced
- 1⁄4 cup Pernod
- salt and pepper, to taste
directions
- Clean your spinach really well in a sink full of water, and remove any tough veins and stems.
- You may have to repeat the cleaning process several times to remove all the grit from the spinach.
- Remove from water, but do not dry.
- Clean the leek well in water, then chop all of the white part and any of the green part that is tender.
- This should yield between 1 1/2 to 2 cups of leek.
- Heat oil in a wok over medium heat.
- Add the spinach, leeks, and tomato.
- Cover, and cook 12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Leeks should be crisp-tender at this point, and spinach wilted.
- Drain the vegetables in a colander and immediately return to the wok.
- Stir in the pernod and salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook uncovered approximately 5 minutes or until the liquid has nearly all evaporated.
- Serve.
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Reviews
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This was a very interesting pairing of flavors. The Pernod actually enhanced the flavor of the leek more than the spinach. It did take the gritty after-effect away that you sometimes get with cooked fresh spinach. Mixed with all of these other ingredients, the licorice flavor of the Pernod sort of becomes undecernible and takes on a sweet flavor in the spinach. I will definitely use Pernod paired with leeks again that is for sure because they are enhanced by it greatly!!! Thanks for a very unique recipe!!!!
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I've searched for a spinach recipe better than - or at least equal to - just lightly cooking the spinach and sprinkling with lemon juice. This is it! I did cheat. Pastis was $29.95 a bottle. I used Greek Orzo, $15.95, and cut the quantity down to just about a tablespoon to keep it subtle. I've gotten great reviews and no one can figure out what the flavoring is! Ha! ha!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
FlemishMinx
Belgium
I am an American married to a Belgian, and have lived in Belgium since December 1999. Cooking is my major hobby. I'm also an avid reader, but I have difficulty finding the time. I love to travel. Since moving to Europe I've been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to go a couple of times per year to Paris, as well as having visited London, Rome, Florence, Naples, Amsterdam, and of course Brussels and Antwerp. I've seen at least parts of most regions of France, as well as parts of Germany, Austria, a great deal of Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, and Monaco. I'm absolutely in love with the Bay of Naples and Sorrento coast areas of Italy, which my husband and I recently re-visited on a trip that included Rome, Puglia, Umbria and Marche. I'm still looking forward to Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic . . . the list is too long ! One of the bonuses of travel is getting to taste the local cuisine, and afterward trying to figure out how to duplicate it at home.
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