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Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise"

An Italian-style combination of spinach, chick peas and tomatoes, flavoured with thyme and Parmesan.

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Last modified on: June 15^th 2022

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 0.7 oz onion
2 2 tablespoons olive oil
3 4.4 oz peeled and chopped tomatoes
4 thyme
5 2.2 oz tinned (canned) chickpeas
6 5.3 oz cooked spinach
7 0.5 oz Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
8 salt
9 pepper

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare and finely slice 0.7 oz onion.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a large saucepan on medium heat. When good and hot add the onion.

Salt, pepper, and cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Add 4.4 oz peeled and chopped tomatoes and the leaves from a few sprigs of thyme. Salt and pepper again.

Bring to the boil and leave to reduce slightly.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 2.2 oz tinned (canned) chickpeas...

Stage 5 - 3 min.

...then 5.3 oz cooked spinach.

Mix and cook just long enough to reheat the spinach.

Stage 6

Serve with a little Parmesan grated over the top.

Remarks

You can use pecorino or a mature, dry goat's cheese instead of Parmesan.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
442 Kcal or 1,851 Kj	15 gr	22 gr	38 gr
22 %	6 %	2 %	6 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
110 Kcal or 461 Kj	4 gr	6 gr	9 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
221 Kcal or 925 Kj	8 gr	11 gr	19 gr
11 %	3 %	1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 1.67 $
Per person : 0.84 $

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Salmon and spinach quiche, Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Asparagus and spinach gratin, ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Polenta parmentier, Pissaladière with puff pastry, Sausage rougail, Polpete, Sunday night pasta, ... All
	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Green hummus, Cauliflower and chickpea salad, Chickpea salad, Hummus, Mixed vegetable curry, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vegetable clafoutis, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Bourguignon potatoes , Seafood sauerkraut, ... All

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