Spinach Green
Ingredients
Directions
Cook and drain
Cook the spinach in a pot with 1 pint of water for 10 minutes, covered tightly.
Drain the spinach.
Mash and press
Transfer the spinach to a coarse cloth in a wooden bowl.
Mash and pound the spinach thoroughly.
Wring the spinach in the cloth to extract the juice.
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
- Spinach
- Provides the green colour, earthy flavour and the bulk of the sauce.
The step that matters
Wring the spinach in the cloth to extract the juice.. Removing as much liquid as possible keeps the sauce thick. Leftover water dilutes the flavour and makes the texture loose.
“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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