Spinach with onions & pine nuts

Spinach with onions & pine nuts

Jazz up a bag of spinach with caramelised onions and the crunch of pine nuts

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large, deep pan. Add the onions, cover, then gently fry for 15 mins until soft and almost transparent. Add the butter and pine nuts, turn up the heat, then fry for 5 mins more or until the onions are dark golden. Stir in the garlic, grate in a little nutmeg, then fry for 1 min. Splash in vinegar.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the largest pan you have until very hot. Throw in half the spinach, cover for 20 secs, then stir until just wilted. Tip into a colander set over a bowl, then repeat with the second bag of spinach.
  3. To serve, toss the cooked spinach into onion mix and season generously.
Try

TRY IT WITH WINTER GREENS

TASTY KALE WITH BACON Follow the recipe to the end of step 1, adding 8 rashers chopped streaky bacon to the pan with the pine nuts. Trim and shred 800g kale, then boil in salted water for about 4 mins until just tender. Drain, season generously, then toss with the tasty onion mix.

PER SERVING

203 kcalories, protein 7.0g, carbohydrate 9.0g, fat 16.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 0.0g, sugar 7.0g, salt 0.73 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2009.

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  • 04 January 2009

    Janet commented on this recipe

    The kale version of this was a huge hit with everyone. A great way of jazzing up the kale in the veg box!

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  • 04 January 2009

    Janet rated this recipe

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  • 21 January 2009

    Beth commented on this recipe

    Really yummy.

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  • 27 January 2009

    hlnharrison rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this on Christmas Day to go with the turkey. It went down so well I made it again on New Years Day to accompany beef wellington. My 80 year old mother who professes not to like spinach enjoyed it cooked this way.

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  • 27 July 2010

    leminoufou commented on this recipe

    Loving it! I don't have sherry vinegar around some I use lemon or balsamic instead.

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  • 23 March 2011

    mofli123 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely! In Spain they have a similar dish made with Swiss chard, pine nuts and raisins so I've added some seedless raisins to the recipe (a few minutes before the end of cooking so that they become juicy). Delicious and good-for-you to boot!

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  • 17 November 2012

    Nevynevster rated and commented on this recipe

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    I did this as a pasta dish with pappardelle. I just threw the cooked pasta in at the end. It was lovely.

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  • 07 April 2013

    lalybaba rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this for lunch today. Was relatively straight forward and quick and reminded me just what a nice accompanyment it can be. I made a half quantity as there were only two of us for lunch a part from halfing all the ingredients followed the recipe and we really enjoyed it with our grilled Turkey steaks and boiled new potatoes. I'll definitly do it again.

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  • 14 April 2013

    Annie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this in advance for dinner and then just heated prior to eating

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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PER SERVING

203 kcalories, protein 7.0g, carbohydrate 9.0g, fat 16.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 0.0g, sugar 7.0g, salt 0.73 g

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