side essentials: sautéed spinach & goat cheese

How To Make side essentials: sautéed spinach & goat cheese

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  PREP/PREPARE
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  Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
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  Add the butter to a skillet over medium heat.
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  When the butter melts, add the shallots and garlic, and cook in for 1 minute.
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  Add the defrosted spinach to the skillet, sprinkle on a bit of salt and pepper, to taste, and allow to cook for 3 – 5 minutes.
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  Evenly dollop on the goat cheese, and then cover and reduce the heat to medium low, for about 3 minutes.
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  Chef's Tip: One of the tricks is to not stir the goat cheese into the spinach; leave it in nice soft dollops. When you stir it into the spinach, it really diminishes the distinct flavor notes of the cheese and spinach.
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  Chef’s Tip: Goat cheese comes in creamy or crumbled; in addition, some have spices infused into them. For this recipe, I choose creamy/plain goat cheese; however, you may wish to experiment with other types… Just for the fun of it.
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  Remove the cover, and drizzle on the lemon juice.
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  Chef’s Note: And if you are feeling particularly randy, sprinkle on some freshly toasted pine nuts.
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  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Serve as a side with beef, pork, chicken or fish. Enjoy.
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  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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