How to cook frozen and fresh spinach
You will need - spinach, water
1. Go through the spinach.
2. Boil water, salt and lower.
3. Cook the spinach.
4. Throw boiled spinach in a colander, cool with cold water, squeeze, pressing on the spinach with a spoon.
How to freeze spinach
To preserve spinach for a long time, it is necessary to pour boiling water over the washed spinach, cut each leaf into pieces of 4-5 centimeters, squeeze well, put in a bag and freeze spinach in the freezer.
Shelf life of frozen spinach - six months.
How to dry spinach
Wash the spinach leaves, cut off the cuttings, dry the spinach leaves on a napkin. Then put the spinach in the oven, dry at 40 degrees for 3 hours. Store spinach in a jar or bag.
How to salt spinach
Wash the spinach leaves, cut off the cuttings, dry the spinach leaves on a napkin. Put spinach in jars, sprinkle with salt - per kilogram of spinach - one and a half tablespoons of salt. Then establish oppression. Keep refrigerated.
Spinach price
The fresh spinach season is from May to July.
The cost of fresh spinach in the season is 50-70 rubles per bunch weighing 100 grams, in the off-season - 90-120 rubles.
Frozen spinach costs from 90 rubles. for 400 grams (on average in Moscow for June 2020).
Spinach Soup Recipe (Fresh or Frozen)
ProductsSpinach - 1 pack
Chicken legs - 2 pieces
Bow - 1 head
Garlic - 2 cloves
How to make spinach soup:
1. Boil chicken (preferably feet) in 3 liters of water.
2. Put the chicken out of the broth, separate the chicken meat from the bones, chop finely.
3. Finely chop the onion, 2 cloves of garlic, fry 5-7 minutes.
4. Add the package of frozen spinach to the skillet and bring to a boil.
5. Transfer vegetables and meat to a blender or food processor and purée the soup. Then pour into a saucepan with broth, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes over low heat under a lid.
See the recipe paneer shaka - an Indian dish of cheese and spinach!