Step by step recipes for fresh spinach
Spinach is not just a very tasty, but also a healthy plant, from which you can prepare both first and second courses, as well as salads. Fresh spinach recipes are not widely popular in Russia. Most housewives use it as a salad dressing, an addition to borscht. And it is completely in vain, because bright and original dishes are prepared from a healthy plant - from mashed soups to casseroles and even desserts.
Serving the first - fresh spinach recipes
Cold okroshka with yogurt and spinach
Okroshka with spinach is popular in Georgia, where it is prepared with yogurt, the national fermented milk drink. Recipes for dishes with fresh spinach can also be prepared with ordinary kefir, fermented baked milk or sour milk.
For okroshka you will need:
- fresh spinach - 300 g;
- kefir or fermented baked milk - 250 ml;
- garlic cloves - 1-2 pcs;
- cilantro - ½ bunch;
- salt, ground pepper.
Before preparing the soup, boil the washed and dried spinach in salted water, remove the leaves from the pan and chop finely.
Then they should be mixed with chopped garlic and cilantro, salt and pepper all the ingredients, add kefir and lightly beat with a blender.
The recipe for making fresh spinach can be slightly improved by making it more satisfying and nutritious with boiled eggs, onions fried in vegetable oil, croutons or chicken fillet.
Salads and Snacks - Fresh Spinach Recipes
Spinach is ideal for making salads, it goes well with sorrel and other herbs, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes and other vegetables.
Spinach salad with cucumbers
Prepare for the salad:
- spinach greens - 750 g;
- fresh cucumbers - 5-6 pcs;
- radish - 6-8 pcs;
- white onions - 3-4 pcs;
- olive oil - 4-5 tbsp l;
- sugar and lemon juice to taste;
- dill - a bunch.
Spinach leaves must be peeled from cuttings, washed under running water and dried with paper towels. Chop finely and mix with chopped vinegar, marinated in vinegar and water for 15 minutes.
All ingredients should be combined with chopped cucumbers, radishes and finely chopped dill, sugar, lemon juice and olive oil.
If desired, vegetable oil can be replaced with sour cream, sorrel or chopped boiled eggs can be added to the salad.
Spinach cutlets
To prepare delicious original cutlets, prepare:
- spinach leaves - 600 g;
- parsley or dill - 1/3 bundle;
- wheat flour - 2 tbsp. l;
- chicken eggs - 1 pc;
- ground pepper, salt - at your discretion;
- frying oil.
Pour the washed, sorted and dried spinach leaves with boiling water and leave for 3 minutes, then gently squeeze and chop finely. Mix the resulting mass with chopped herbs, egg, wheat flour and spices. From this mass you need to form cutlets and fry in vegetable oil.
Unusual side dishes
dishes made from fresh spinach can be supplemented with mashed potatoes - it turns out to be very tender and delicate, it goes well with various meat or fish dishes.
For mashed potatoes you will need:
- spinach - 600 g;
- butter - 25 g;
- heavy cream - 50 g;
- salt, sugar, ground pepper - to taste.
Spinach greens need to be cleaned of yellowed leaves, rinsed, dried and boiled for 5-7 minutes in salted water. Next, the liquid should be drained, and the greens should be interrupted with a blender until puree.
The sauce is prepared separately - for this, 2 teaspoons of wheat flour must be fried until golden brown in a creamy pan, pour 3-4 tablespoons of milk, stir thoroughly and add the sauce to the puree.
Add butter, cream and spices to the dish; when serving, decorate with mashed potatoes with ground nutmeg.
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Desserts - fresh spinach recipes
Dessert recipes for fresh spinach dishes are no less popular than salads or side dishes. Thanks to this ingredient, desserts are light, soft and moderately sweet.
Cottage cheese and spinach pudding
For dessert you need ingredients:
- spinach - 300 g;
- sour cream - 200 ml;
- cottage cheese - 350-400 g;
- hard cheese - 60-70 g;
- semolina and ground crackers - 2 tbsp. l;
- butter - 3-4 tbsp. l;
- eggs - 2 pcs;
- salt and sugar to taste.
The eggs must be divided into whites and yolks, the butter should be lowered in a water bath, the cottage cheese should be rubbed through a strainer. All prepared foods should be mixed with yolks, semolina, salt and sweetened.
Chopped spinach must be mixed with cottage cheese, proteins and thoroughly beaten proteins. The baking dish should be greased with butter, bread crumbs, sour cream and grated hard cheese.
Curd spinach pudding should be baked in an oven preheated to 200 ° until a delicious golden crust.
Spinach dishes are distinguished by their pleasant taste, delicate aroma and unusual, appetizing appearance. When cooked correctly, they retain all the beneficial properties of spinach, and the low calorie content allows you to treat your loved ones with delicious dishes without harm to health.