Wilted Spinach With Butter And Wine Recipes

WILTED SPINACH WITH BUTTER AND WINE

Steps:

• This dish takes only 5 minutes to prepare, so begin preheating the skillet 7-8 minutes before you are ready to sit down and eat.
• Heat a medium sized skillet over medium heat. With the flat side of your knife, make a garlic paste with smashed garlic and salt. Melt butter into pan. Add garlic paste to the pan and the spinach in bunches, adding more spinach to the pan as it wilts down. When all of the spinach is wilted, add wine and turn to coat. Let wine cook down a minute or 2. Season spinach with salt and pepper and serve.

WILTED SPINACH WITH ORANGE & GINGER

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, pile the spinach and turn the heat to high.
• Using tongs, gently and continuously toss the spinach over the heat until it's all wilted (they'll turn a darker green), 2 to 3 min.
• Don't overcook; they should collapse but still have some body.
• Transfer them to a colander and let any excess liquid drip away.
• Wipe the skillet clean if necessary.
• In the same skillet, heat the butter and oil over medium-low heat.
• When the butter is melted, add the garlic and ginger and sauté until softened and fragrant, about 2 min.
• Add the orange juice, turn the heat to high, and reduce the liquid to a glazy consistency, no more than 1 min.
• ;you'll have 1-1/2 to 2 Tbs.
• left in the pan.
• Turn the heat down to low, immediately add the drained spinach and the salt, and toss thoroughly to coat.
• Remove the pan from the heat.
• Serve hot from the pan or slightly cooled.

WILTED SPINACH

Steps:

• In a small pan, cook the bacon until crispy. Remove from pan and set aside. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter in the same pan and saute the mushrooms for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons butter and melt. Add the spinach and cook until it is wilted.
• Return bacon to the pan and heat through. Adjust seasoning, to taste, with salt and pepper. Keep warm until ready to serve.

WILTED SPINACH WITH NUTMEG BUTTER

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a wide large pot over high heat, then cook spinach, tossing with tongs, until completely wilted, about 5 minutes. Drain in a colander, pressing with back of a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible.
• Heat butter in same pot over medium heat until foam subsides, then stir in nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and spinach. Cook, tossing with tongs, until just heated through.