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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 8 people, you will need:

1 80 g onion
2 6 tablespoons olive oil
3 500 g peeled and chopped tomatoes
4 thyme
5 250 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
6 600 g cooked spinach
7 60 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 1,580 grams

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6 min.	12 min.	18 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare and finely slice 80 g onion.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 6 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 500 g 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 250 g tinned (canned) chickpeas...

Stage 5 - 3 min.

...then 600 g 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
1,494 Kcal or 6,255 Kj	61 gr	89 gr	123 gr
75 %	23 %	8 %	19 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
95 Kcal or 398 Kj	4 gr	6 gr	8 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
187 Kcal or 783 Kj	8 gr	11 gr	15 gr
9 %	3 %	1 %	2 %

% 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 8 people : 6.05 €
Per person : 0.76 €

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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: Spinach à la Lorraine, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach Omelette, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tomato sauce (for pizzas), Enchiladas, Polenta parmentier, Chicken "cantina", Sausage rougail, ... All
	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mixed vegetable curry, Couscous, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Chorba, Green hummus, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Chorba, Taos hotpot, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Seven-hour lamb, ... All

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