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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
442 Kcal or 1,851 Kj	15 gr	22 gr	38 gr
16 %	4 %	2 %	4 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
110 Kcal or 461 Kj	4 gr	6 gr	9 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
221 Kcal or 925 Kj	8 gr	11 gr	19 gr
8 %	2 %	1 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 1.32 £
Per person : 0.66 £

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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: Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Crispy spinach rolls, Spinach Omelette, Spinach à la Lorraine, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken "cantina", Polpete, Sausage rougail, Veal Marengo, Polenta parmentier, ... All
	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chorba, Chickpea salad, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Couscous, Green hummus, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Onion fondue, Chicano burger, Rabbit terrine, Summer Salmon Blanquette, Turmeric risotto, ... All

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