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
- Preheat the oven to 190°C ( 375°F ).
- 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.
- While it is still warm, tip the garlic into a salad bowl.
- Add the spinach, pine nuts, lemon juice, remaining olive oil and a little salt.
- Toss well and add black pepper to taste.
- 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.
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