Teen Spinach

With its unique flavour and bright green colour, spinach is a popular, easy-to-prepare and simple-to-cook vegetable. It is especially popular in Italy where Florentine dishes have a high spinach content. It wilts quite quickly so when buying look for crisp, dark green leaves with firm, hard stalks. Avoid spinach that has yellow patches or looks limp. When choosing, buy plenty as it reduces on cooking 225g teen spinach is sufficient for one serving.

How to Use

Spinach can be eaten raw or cooked. Spinach can be served as a side dish with black pepper and butter or added to soups, sauces, stuffings, vegetable bakes, risottos and curries.

How to Prepare

Remove any tough stalks from the leaves and rinse thoroughly several times in cold water to remove any grit.

How to Cook

Spinach can be steamed or stir-fried. Place the spinach in a pan and cook it gently for 2-4 minutes, with just the water clinging to the leaves after washing, or until it just starts to wilt. To stir-fry, heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan and add the spinach, stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until just starting to wilt.

How to Store

Keep in the fridge for up to 2 days.