Spinach
Ingredients
Directions
Carefully wash and pick the spinach.
Place the spinach in a saucepan that will just hold it.
Sprinkle with a little salt and cover the pan tightly.
Set the pan on the fire and heat until cooked.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Fresh spinach
- Forms the main body of the dish, wilting down as its water releases and cooks off.
The step that matters
Cover the pan tightly while heating. The lid traps the steam released by the spinach, which wilts the leaves gently in their own moisture. Without a tight cover the moisture escapes and the leaves can scorch before they are tender.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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