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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
1,680 Kcal or 7,034 Kj	169 gr	251 gr	213 gr
84 %	65 %	24 %	32 %

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 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 and Comté Loaf, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach à la Lorraine, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Polenta parmentier, Rice à l'italienne, Sausages with baked beans, French style, White bean gratin "à l'italienne", Polpete, ... All
	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chorba, Green hummus, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Couscous, Chickpea salad, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pork Chops Champvallon style, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Onion fondue, Risotto-style celeriac, Rabbit civet "à la normande", ... All