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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 4 people, you will need:

1 40 g onion
2 3 tablespoons olive oil
3 250 g peeled and chopped tomatoes
4 thyme
5 125 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
6 300 g cooked spinach
7 30 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 790 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 40 g onion.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 3 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 250 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 125 g tinned (canned) chickpeas...

Stage 5 - 3 min.

...then 300 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
840 Kcal or 3,517 Kj	84 gr	126 gr	106 gr
42 %	32 %	12 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
106 Kcal or 444 Kj	11 gr	16 gr	13 gr
5 %	4 %	2 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
210 Kcal or 879 Kj	21 gr	31 gr	27 gr
11 %	8 %	3 %	4 %

% 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 4 people : 2.55 £
Per person : 0.64 £

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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: Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Gratin slices with spinach, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Feta and spinach brik pie, ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sausages with baked beans, French style, Tagliatelle with rillons and tomatoes, Enchiladas, White bean gratin "à l'italienne", Rice à l'italienne, ... All
	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chickpea salad, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Green hummus, Mixed vegetable curry, Hummus, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish in white wine, Mussels with arroz negro, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Artichoke hearts forestier , Beef braised in reduced red wine, ... All

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