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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 12 people, you will need:

1 120 g onion
2 9 tablespoons olive oil
3 750 g peeled and chopped tomatoes
4 thyme
5 375 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
6 900 g cooked spinach
7 90 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 2,370 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 120 g onion.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 9 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 750 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 375 g tinned (canned) chickpeas...

Stage 5 - 3 min.

...then 900 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
2,520 Kcal or 10,551 Kj	253 gr	377 gr	319 gr
126 %	97 %	36 %	48 %

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 12 people : 9.08 €
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 cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Crispy spinach rolls, Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto, ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sunday night pasta, Polenta parmentier, Enchiladas, Chicken "cantina", Tomato sauce (for pizzas), ... All
	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chickpea salad, Mixed vegetable curry, Hummus, Chorba, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cajun pork with rice., Greek salad, Lumberjack turnovers, Enchiladas, Carbonnade, ... All

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