Vegetable Recipes - Spinach with Olive Oil and Lemon Dressing Recipe

  
 

Vegetable Recipes - Spinach with Olive Oil and Lemon Dressing Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

  • 625 g/1 1/4 lb spinach

  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

  • 4 tablespoons olive oil

  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

  • salt and pepper

Method:

  1. Put the spinach in a large saucepan with just the water left on the leaves, sprinkling the layers with salt to taste.

  2. Cover the pan and cook over a medium heat for 5-7 minutes until the spinach has wilted and is tender, shaking the pan vigorously from time to time.

  3. Drain the spinach thoroughly in the colander, then return it to the rinsed-out pan and toss over a high heat until any remaining water is driven off.

  4. Add the butter and garlic, and continue tossing until combined with the spinach. Transfer to a warmed serving dish.

  5. Drizzle over the oil and lemon juice, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, and serve.

Note: For this recipe, fresh spinach can be cooked and drained several hours in advance, then tossed with the butter and garlic just before serving. You can also use frozen leaf spinach. Defrost it first and drain it thoroughly, toss with the butter and garlic and continue as for fresh spinach.