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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 1.4 oz onion
2 3 tablespoons olive oil
3 0 kg 8 g peeled and chopped tomatoes
4 thyme
5 0 kg 4 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
6 10.6 oz cooked spinach
7 1.1 oz Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
8 salt
9 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
6 min.	12 min.	18 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare and finely slice 1.4 oz 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 0 kg 8 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 0 kg 4 g tinned (canned) chickpeas...

Stage 5 - 3 min.

...then 10.6 oz 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 : 3.03 €
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: Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Crispy spinach rolls, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: White bean gratin "à l'italienne", Chicken "cantina", Sausage rougail, Veal Marengo, Pissaladière with puff pastry, ... All
	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Green hummus, Mixed vegetable curry, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Cauliflower and chickpea salad, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish "à la Bordelaise", Couscous, Gratin Parmentier, French onion soup, Curried prawn risotto, ... All