Spinach as a Side Dish
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- spinach
- butter
- salt
- pepper
- meat gravy, broth, or cream
- onion
- pinch grated Parmesan
- oil
- tomato sauce or paste
Instructions
- Boil the spinach and chop it fine with a mezzaluna.
- Method 1: cook with butter, salt, pepper, and a little meat gravy, broth, or cream.
- Method 2: cook with a small soffritto of finely chopped onion drawn out in butter.
- Method 3: as method 1 with butter, salt, and pepper, plus a pinch of Parmesan.
- Method 4: cook with butter, a drop of oil, and tomato sauce or paste.