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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 20 g onion
2 2 tablespoons olive oil
3 125 g peeled and chopped tomatoes
4 thyme
5 63 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
6 150 g cooked spinach
7 15 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 403 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 20 g 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 125 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 63 g tinned (canned) chickpeas...

Stage 5 - 3 min.

...then 150 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
488 Kcal or 2,043 Kj	42 gr	63 gr	61 gr
24 %	16 %	6 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
121 Kcal or 507 Kj	10 gr	16 gr	15 gr
6 %	4 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
244 Kcal or 1,022 Kj	21 gr	31 gr	30 gr
12 %	8 %	3 %	5 %

% 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 : 1.54 €
Per person : 0.77 €

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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: Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Creamy rice with spinach, Spinach Croque-monsieur , ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tagliatelle with rillons and tomatoes, Chicken "cantina", Sausage rougail, Enchiladas, Tomato sauce (for pizzas), ... All
	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Hummus, Chickpea salad, Mixed vegetable curry, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Green hummus, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Soup Cornouaillaise, Couscous, Warm lentil salad, Ratatouille, Crab Cakes, ... All

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