Spinach
Used in 3 recipes on RecipeWiki.
Spinach is a tender leafy green with a mild, slightly mineral, faintly sweet flavour that becomes richer as it cooks. Its most important quality is how much it shrinks: a mound of fresh leaves wilts to a fraction of its size in a minute or two. That is why Creamed Spinach and Saag Paneer start with what looks like far too much. In Chickpea and Spinach Stew it is stirred in at the end and just wilted. Wash it well, as it holds grit. After cooking, squeeze out excess water before adding cream or sauce, or the dish turns watery. Use bagged leaves quickly, before they turn slimy.
Most often cooked with
Garlic
Cream
Lemon
OnionRecipes with spinach
Chickpea and Spinach Stew
Dried chickpeas cooked from scratch and thickened with fried bread pounded to a paste, which is how Seville gets body without cream.
Leafy greens
Main courses
Spanish
Creamed Spinach
Wilted spinach squeezed bone dry before it meets the cream, which is the whole difference between this and a puddle.
American
Side dishes
Saag Paneer
Spinach cooked down to a dark, silky base with ginger and green chilli, with cubes of fried paneer folded through at the end.
30 minutes
Cheese
Curries