Braised Spinach With Garlic, Onion, And Pine Nuts

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs fresh spinach, washed well to remove sand,drained,stemmed,and very coarsely chopped
• 1 sweet onion, chopped (texas-1015, vidalia, maui, or walla walla)
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of, grated,to taste
• kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts, to taste

Recipe

• 1 heat a large pot or dutch oven (it has to be large to hold spinach before wilting) over medium-high heat.
• 2 heat 1-2 tbsp olive oil, and saute onion until translucent.
• 3 add garlic, and continue cooking until onion just begins to brown around the edges, but garlic is not browning.
• 4 add spinach, with just the water clinging to the leaves, adding by handfuls as the spinach wilts and makes room for more, until all of the spinach is incorporated.
• 5 if desired, drain the rendered juices from the pan before continuing.
• 6 season with nutmeg, lemon zest and juice, salt, and pepper, to taste, continuing to toss spinach until it is just wilted, but still bright green.
• 7 stir in toasted pine nuts, and drizzle with more lemon juice and olive oil if desired.