Spinach With Pine Nuts

Submitted by Elmotoo

"For ZWT8, from a Spanish website of traditional recipes. "This Spanish rice dish makes a change from Spanish paella and is just as delicious (if you like clams)." Tips and ideas: Prepared this spinach dish just before the meal to ensure that it´s served hot Serve as a side dish with this seabass recipe. Add a pinch of nutmeg when adding the salt and pepper gives the spinach an aromatic flavour."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 kg fresh spinach
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 50 g sultanas
• 50 g pine nuts
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Wash the spinach thoroughly and cut the rough stems off.
2. Cook the spinach in very little water in a covered pan for 5 mins then drain and chop.
3. Heat the olive oil over a medium to low heat and add the finely sliced garlic, sultanas and pine nuts. Fry gently for 2 - 3 mins, stirring all the time so that the pine nuts brown but do not burn. Add the spinach.
4. Mix all ingredients together and season with salt and pepper.

Reviews

[NorthwestGal]

I repeated Rita~'s cooking method and sauteed the garlic, pine nuts and sultanas together and then added the fresh spinach while the skillet was still hot, and I cooked it just until the spinach wilted a bit (maybe 5 minutes or so). And it was delicious. The sultanas add a wonderful taste, and the pine nuts give it a nice contrasting texture. We really enjoyed this dish. Thanks for sharing your recipe, Elmotoo. Made for the Best of 2012 tag game.

 

[Rita1652]

This is a quick to put together. And I made it even quicker then stated in directions. I sauteed roasted garlic, pine nuts and raisins for a touch in the oil then I added baby spinach right to the mix, tossed n covered till just wilted. This would work great with bitter green adding sweetness for the sultanas. Thanks made for Veggie Tag. Thanks

 

[mersaydees]

This was simple to prepare and great tasting. Love the pairing of spinach with pine nuts, and the sultanas added a nice surprise! Thanks, Elmotoo! Made for Aussie Kiwi Recipe Swap #70.

 

[AcadiaTwo]

If you love spinach then you are sure to love this tasty dish. I didn't use the sultanas as they weren't in the ingredient list, so I didn't even realize it until I was making the dish. So I used crasisns instead. I loved the sweet tart of the crasins and the pine nuts together with the garlic and spinach! Excellent! Made for Veg 'n Swap tag.

 

[ChelseaW]

Yum, this was really good. I'm always trying to find new ways to actually enjoy spinach and this is one! I did use baby spinach instead but I loved the garlic and pine nuts in it. Made for Bistro Babes ZWT 8!