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Spinach, English Fashion

A dish of boiled spinach mixed with thick rich gravy, pressed into molds and served with ham.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Spinach, English Fashion

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the spinach

  1. Boil the spinach until tender.

  2. Squeeze out excess water and chop the spinach finely.

Cook with the gravy

  1. Heat the chopped spinach over moderate heat until very dry.

  2. Add enough thick rich gravy to flavor the spinach well.

  3. Stir and cook until the mixture is again very dry.

Mold and serve

  1. Press the spinach into hot molds of attractive shape.

  2. Serve quickly with the ham.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Fresh spinach
Forms the bulk of the dish and holds its shape when pressed into molds.
Thick rich gravy
Adds flavor and moisture that seasons the spinach and is then cooked down.

The step that matters

Cooking the spinach until very dry before molding. Excess moisture left in the spinach dilutes its flavor and keeps it from packing firmly. Cooking off the water concentrates the taste and lets the spinach hold a clean shape when pressed into the molds.

“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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