Spinach as a Side Dish

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Boil the spinach and chop it fine with a mezzaluna.
  2. Method 1: cook with butter, salt, pepper, and a little meat gravy, broth, or cream.
  3. Method 2: cook with a small soffritto of finely chopped onion drawn out in butter.
  4. Method 3: as method 1 with butter, salt, and pepper, plus a pinch of Parmesan.
  5. Method 4: cook with butter, a drop of oil, and tomato sauce or paste.

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