Shelly's Recipe

Spinaci alla Genovese

Category: Spinach

Serves 4-6

1/2 cup golden raisins
white wine to cover raisins
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
4 oil packed anchovy fillets, cut into strips
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 pounds spinach, stemmed, rinsed, drained, and coarsely chopped
1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1. PREP: Place raisins in a small bowl. Cover with white wine and soak until plump, about 10 minutes. Lightly toast pine nuts in a 350 oven, about 5 minutes. Watch closely so they do not burn.

2. SAUTE: In a skillet, heat olive oil over MEDIUM heat. When oil is hot, reduce heat to MEDIUM LOW. Add garlic, anchovies, and parsley and cook until anchovies melt and form a paste. Stir in spinach, raisins, pine nuts and nutmeg. Cover and cook over MEDIUM heat for 3 minutes to steam the spinach, then uncover and continue cooking until the spinach is wilted and any excess liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.

3. SEASON AND SERVE: Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve immediately.