Spinach

Ingredients

• Wash the spinach very thoroughly.
• a small pat of butter.
• pinches of pepper.
• pinches of salt.

Method

1. 1

   Wash the spinach very thoroughly and remove the coarse stalks; put it into a rinsed pan with the water that clings to the leaves.

2. 2

   Put the lid on the pan and cook till tender, stirring frequently.

3. 3

   When ready, drain and rub through a sieve.

4. 4

   Put it into a pan with a small pat of butter and pinches of pepper and salt; allow it to heat thoroughly.

5. 5

   Pile neatly on a hot vegetable dish.

6. 6

   Garnish with tiny croûtons of fried bread.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for high-class cookery (1912) by Edinburgh School of Cookery, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPINACH. Wash the spinach very thoroughly and remove the coarse stalks ; put it into a rinsed pan with the water that clings to the leaves. Put the lid on the pan and cook till tender, stirring frequently. When ready, drain and rub through a sieve. Put it into a pan with a small pat of butter and pinches of pepper

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