Garlic Spinach Saute
Spinach wilted with garlic, raisins, and pine nuts.
Ingredients
- 400 g Spinach
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 40 g Raisins
- 3 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp Salt
- 30 g Pine nuts (optional)
Method
- Thinly slice the garlic.
- Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan over medium heat, shaking often, until golden and fragrant, then tip them out onto a plate so they stop cooking.
- Heat the olive oil in the pan over medium heat and fry the sliced garlic until just fragrant and pale gold, about 1 minute.
- Add the spinach, raisins, and salt and toss until the spinach is just wilted.
- Scatter the toasted pine nuts over the top and serve.
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About Garlic Spinach Saute
This Garlic Spinach Sauté is a stripped-down Spanish side in the Catalan mold, wilting fresh spinach with sliced garlic, sweet raisins, and toasted pine nuts in olive oil. It is the kind of everyday vegetable that Spanish home cooks lean on precisely because it asks for almost nothing and delivers a lot, going from raw leaves to finished dish in about twelve minutes. Vegan and light, it works as a fast partner to almost any protein or as one plate in a larger meze-style spread.
The eating experience is all contrast: sweet chewy raisins against crisp, resinous pine nuts, with mellow gold garlic tying the tender greens together. The order of operations is what keeps it clean here, since toasting the pine nuts first and pulling them onto a plate stops them overcooking, and frying the garlic only until pale gold keeps it fragrant rather than acrid. Because the spinach is barely wilted rather than stewed, it holds its color and freshness, making this a good bright side for grilled meats, roasted fish, or a simple bowl of beans.
Garlic Spinach Saute: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Garlic Spinach Saute?
A serving has about 147 calories — 3.3g protein, 12.1g carbs, 10.8g fat, 2.9g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is Garlic Spinach Saute gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Garlic Spinach Saute has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Do I need every ingredient to make Garlic Spinach Saute?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out pine nuts — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Garlic Spinach Saute make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.