Real African Dishes: [MC-AllEthnic-Recipes] Chilled Moorish Spinach and Almond Salad

Saturday, June 15, 2013

[MC-AllEthnic-Recipes] Chilled Moorish Spinach and Almond Salad - 13g Carbohydrate; 6g Dietary Fiber

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Chilled Moorish Spinach and Almond Salad

Recipe By :Chef Ana Sortun, Oleana [restaurant], Cambridge, MA
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs
Veggie

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin -- scant
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon -- scant
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice -- scant
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg -- scant
1 Pinch ground cloves
2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon mild honey
2 small shallots -- thinly sliced
1/4 cup dried currants -- soaked in water for 5 minutes and drained
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup blanched slivered almonds
1 pound baby spinach

Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet. Add the cumin, cinnamon, allspice,
nutmeg and cloves and cook over low heat, stirring, until fragrant, 30
seconds. Scrape the spice oil into a medium bowl and let cool. Whisk in
the vinegar, lemon juice and honey. Add the shallots and currants. Season
the dressing with salt and pepper. Wipe out the skillet.

Heat the vegetable oil in the skillet. Add the almonds and cook over
moderate heat, stirring constantly, until golden, about 5 minutes. Drain
on paper towels and let cool.

Prepare an ice water bath. In a large pot of boiling salted water, blanch
the spinach for 10 seconds. Drain and cool in the ice water bath. Drain
again and squeeze dry. Gently separate the spinach leaves and add them to
the dressing. Add the almonds and toss.

Serves 8

Make Ahead: The salad can be refrigerated overnight. Add the almonds just
before serving.

Cuisine:
"Spanish"
Source:
"Food & Wine, From Vegetable Plot, August 2002"
S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):
"June 2013"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 193 Calories; 17g Fat (67.7%
calories from fat); 5g Protein; 13g Carbohydrate; 6g Dietary Fiber; 0mg
Cholesterol; 70mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 0
Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 3 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 731 0 0 0 0 0 0