Croatian Spinach Stew ( Spinat Cuspajz”)

Submitted by nitko

"This recipe is at least 200 years old. My grand-grandmother was preparing spinach that way, my, grandmother was preparing that way, my mother was preparing that way, so I am preparing it that way. This is very healthy meal, although it is prepared on pork fat. One important fact: never re-heat the spinach – you will have digestion problems."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 4 portions
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 kg spinach leaves (fresh, not frozen)
• 5 g garlic or 1 garlic clove, finely minced
• 10 g butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup cream (cooking cream, or fat milk 3, 8%)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
• salt
• pepper

directions

1. Clean the spinach leaves and put them in boiling water for 5 minutes.
2. Drain the leaves and using large knife (or multi-practic machine): cut them to mash.
3. Take a pot, melt butter, add flour and garlic, and add cold water to make a kind of “sauce veloutè”.
4. Add mashed spinach pour milk (or cream) season with salt and pepper.
5. Nutmeg is optional.
6. Cook for 10 minutes.