caterina cacciatore

i love spinach / fresh spinach / not canned or frozen

i love spinach creamed / souped / raw in salad / and as Orgasmic Spinach

lightly steamed / cooled a little / dressed with olive oil / scattered feta over it with maybe some crisped garlic chips and a sprinkle of fresh basil

yum

very tasty piled on a slice of crusty bread or bruschetta

we will have that today with the rack of lamb / the feta of the moment is what i made from the goat milk / the feta is cut into small cubes, like dice, and put in a jar with grape seed oil / whole pepper corns / and lavender springs

more yum

for the SPINACH SOUP

saute some leeks or some sweet onions and garlic (optional) in a butter/olive oil combination until they are soft / carmelize them if you wish / then turn off the heat

for a little thickener sprinkle a small palm-load of flour over the onions and stir

put a couple of bags of preferably organic baby spinach into the food processor and chop it up

if you use elderly spinach instead of baby remove the biggest of the stems / use the stems for something else like put in the dog food or in the vegetable juice or in the compost pot

add a quart of chicken broth / either homemade or the kind that comes in a box (Pacific) to the onions / bring up to a low boil and cook until slightly thickened and the flour is cooked / then stir in the spinach and warm it up to a simmer

simmer until heated through and the spinach is "done" / this wont take long as spinach is a form of Fast Food / when overcooked it is yucky and not worth eating

season with salt and pepper and nutmeg

just before serving pour in some cream or half and half to your taste

oh you can puree this too in a blender if you wish / i usually dont