The Jewish-Sicilian Cookbook, p. 138
1 bunch fresh spinach, thoroughly washed
and dried
1 tablespoon water
Salt and pepper to taste
¼ cup crumbled Feta cheese
3 eggs
A dash of milk
Red salsa (or any salsa you like)
First, thoroughly wash and dry the spinach. Put it into
a large pan, or pot, or wok. Add only 1 tablespoon of water to the bottom of
the pan, and sprinkle a big of coarse salt over the spinach. Cover it with a
lid and turn the stove burner to low flame. 2 or 3 minutes should do it. You
only want the spinach to be wilted. Remove it from the heat and drain it of any
liquid. I like to put the wilted spinach into a bowl and PRESS the spinach with
the palm of my hand to rid it of excess moisture. Now set it aside.
Crumble your favorite Feta cheese (I like Organic
Valley Feta) into a small bowl or plate and set it aside.
Now, beat your eggs with a pinch of salt, pepper, and a
dash of milk. When the eggs are lemony, pour them into a non-stick omlette pan
that is already heated. Keep the heat on low. And watch as the eggs begin to
cook on the edges of the pan and thicken. Use a fork to test the center of the
pan. Just put the tips of the fork into the eggs and pull up slightly.
When the center is still soft (but not runny) add a forkful or two of the spinach (I use my fingers, it’s easier) to the center of the eggs.
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| I was upset that the recipe only asked you to use like, a third of the spinach you'd cooked. Super wasteful. |
Then sprinkle some of the crumbled cheese on top of the spinach. Now, with a spatula, and with your plate ready, ease the eggs over from one side of the pan to cover the spinach-cheese filling.
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| I'm still not very good at omelets, but this was probably my most intact one to date. |
If it tears a little, so what? and
slide the omlette out of the pan and onto your plate.
Drizzle the warm salsa over the top and eat. It’s so
good!
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| Served with some grapes! |
My Rating: 3/5 "This isn't especially culinarily interesting, and I couldn't shake being angsty about wasting all that spinach. (The author of this cookbook is an actress, so maybe she has the money to just carelessly throw away food.) There's a little too much feta. But everything else is well-placed and it makes a nice light meal."
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