Creamed Spinach

Name: Creamed Spinach
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 2 large shallots, chopped fine (about 1/3 cup); Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Pinch of ground nutmeg; 12 ounces baby spinach; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 1/3 cup Greek yogurt

December 9, 2011

Here’s a great steakhouse side dish that can do more harm than the red meat itself. Standard preparations make a bad boy out of an otherwise extraordinarily healthy vegetable. The problem with spinach is that it’s very lean and often bitter—which is why we sauté it in butter or douse it with cream. All-natural Greek yogurt has been employed here to help clean up its act.

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