Healthy Spinach Roast Garlic Salad

Ingredients :-

  • 12 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • 60 ml ( 4 tbsp ) extra virgin olive oil
  • 450 g ( 1 lb ) baby spinach leaves
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 50 g ( 2 oz or half cup ) pine nuts. lightly toasted juice of 1/2  lemon
  • salt

Serving Information:-

  • Serve for 4 pax

Salad Preparation Processes

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C ( 375°F ).
  2. Place the garlic in a small roasting tin, toss in 30 ml ( 2 tbsp ) of the olive oil and bake for about 15 minutes until the garlic cloves are slightly charred around the edges.
  3. While it is still warm, tip the garlic into a salad bowl.
  4. Add the spinach, pine nuts, lemon juice, remaining olive oil and a little salt.
  5. Toss well and add black pepper to taste.
  6. Serve immediately, inviting guests to squeeze the softened garlic puree out of the skin to eat.

Tips

  • If spinach is to be served raw in a salad, the leaves need to be young and tender.
  • Wash them well, drain and pat dry with kitchen paper.