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Spinach with butter


spinach with butter

Buttered spinach is a quick, easy and delicious side dish. Try them with second courses of meat of all kinds. Here's the recipe!

Today we explain how to prepare a delicious side dish based on spinach with butter and cheese. The addition of the cheese, which melts during cooking, makes the spinach even tastier and more delicious . This way even the little ones won't make a fuss and if that's the case you can always focus on Popeye: he has convinced millions of children!

Spinach is one of the most consumed green leafy vegetables and is very rich in mineral salts such as potassium, calcium, copper, phosphorus, magnesium and vitamins. You can find fresh spinach almost all year round, but if you don't have it available you can easily use frozen ones. What do you say, shall we go to the kitchen?

Spinach
Spinach

Ingredients

For the buttered spinach

  • Fresh spinach – 500 g
  • Garlic – 2 cloves
  • Grated cheese – 2 tablespoons
  • Butter – 40 g
  • Fine salt – to taste
  • Pepper – to taste

Preparation

How to prepare the buttered spinach recipe

1

Wash the spinach well under cold running water, remove the most damaged and wilted leaves, then drain them well from the water.

2

Place the spinach in a sufficiently large pan without adding water or seasonings. Close with the lid and let it simmer over medium-low heat.

3

Once ready you can remove the lid and allow the excess vegetable liquid to evaporate or drain them in a colander and pressing with a spoon.

4

Then put the butter in a non-stick pan, place on the heat and let it melt over a low heat. Add the peeled garlic cloves and let them brown. You can also make them in smaller pieces if you like them and want to leave them.

5

Add the cooked spinach and cook for a few minutes over high heat. In the meantime, also season with salt and pepper .

6

Lower the heat and in the meantime prepare the cheese aside (Parmesan or even some good Pecorino). Add it, then close the lid and leave on the heat until the cheese has completely melted. Serve immediately.

We also leave you a video with all the steps to make this side dish.

You can easily replace fresh spinach with frozen ones. Simply let the spinach thaw at room temperature before proceeding as indicated in the previous steps. If, however, you want to know what, dip them in boiling water for a few minutes, squeeze them and sauté them in the pan as per the recipe.

A lighter variant is obtained using oil as in our pan-fried spinach recipe.

Conservation

Spinach prepared following this recipe can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for 2-3 days .

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