Last calendar week was non my calendar week inwards the kitchen, guys.
I had earnest, ambitious designs on a beet curry that would hold upwards pinkish in addition to pretty in addition to spicy in addition to would in conclusion position the give-and-take “end” on my quarrel alongside the red/purple root.
But equally the calendar week went on in addition to equally failures occurred — unnaturally purple, watery, in addition to zilch similar what I had inwards heed — my enjoyment of the projection plummeted.
But because I’m 1 of those persons that no-matter-what follows through in addition to finishes what he started, I did, in addition to lo, it was acceptable, you lot know?
It’s but that I’m non a beet individual in addition to I tin flaming tolerate it exclusively when juiced in addition to I forgot?
None of this thing because the pot fell, spilling the curry. As I crouched on the kitchen flooring scooping the curry into the garbage, I started questioning my life choices.
Why forcing myself to similar something but because a bunch of other people similar it?
I should know better…
I took a intermission from the kitchen after that.
Sometimes, you lot but take roughly infinite to restore the magic, right?
So I took a Bikram yoga class, to effort all my (culinary) miseries away but equally I was stepping out of the yoga studio an electronic mail appeared on my outcry upwards from NYTCooking sharing a recipe from David Tanis — formerly chef alongside Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in addition to of Café Escalera inwards Santa Fe, New Mexico, at nowadays a full-time columnist for the NYTimes — in addition to all I wanted to create was run domicile in addition to brand it, immediately.
I genuinely got to making the rice a few days later, because life is similar that, but delight don’t await then long because this is crazy delicious, filling in addition to wholesome.
You guys know that I'm ofttimes hesitant to label a recipe equally the best.
So far I’ve exclusively used it v times: eggplant patties, baked kale, quinoa patties, protein brownies, in addition to green juice.
And I however stand upwards behind every unmarried 1 of those recipes.
They’re roughly pretty amazing concoctions that I however whip upwards to this twenty-four lx minutes menstruum (the quinoa patties in addition to baked kale are on rotation inwards my kitchen at to the lowest degree twice a month).
Buuuuuut, this Baked Spinach Rice is hands downward 1 of the best baked rice I’ve made yet in addition to I totally experience that at that topographic point is truth to my claim.
The rice is heavy on the vegetable, golden in addition to crisp at the edges, tender in addition to almost creamy inwards the middle in addition to after making it, you lot volition autumn inwards dear alongside cooking. I promise.
So slow to brand in addition to then delicious this is going to hold upwards a regular in addition to welcome add-on to my repertoire.
The Best Baked Spinach Rice Print this recipe!
Adapted from NYTCooking
Ingredients
Serves 6
1 lb / 453 gr fresh spinach, thick stems removed
1 ½ cups long-grain white rice (I used Jasmine)
1 teaspoon fine grain salt
¼ teaspoon the world dark pepper
two tablespoons butter (or kokosnoot oil), addition to a greater extent than to butter the baking dish
1 loving cup freshly grated Parmesan
½ loving cup slivered almonds
1 loving cup ricotta
1 loving cup grated Swiss cheese (or Gruyere)
Pinch of the world nutmeg
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon chopped sage
Directions
Bring a large pot of salted H2O to a boil. Add spinach in addition to educate for xxx seconds, until wilted. Fish it out alongside a slotted spoon, transfer to a colander, in addition to rinse nether mutual coldness H2O to halt the cooking.
With your hands mash the spinach to extract equally much liquid equally possible.
Transfer to a cutting board in addition to coarsely chop. Set aside.
Add rice to pot in addition to educate for 10 minutes, keeping it slightly underdone. Drain in addition to permit cool.
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) in addition to house a rack inwards the middle.
Butter a 2-quart baking dish in addition to dust alongside two tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese. Set aside.
Melt butter inwards a minor skillet over medium heat. Add almonds in addition to toast for virtually two minutes, until golden. Sprinkle alongside a pinch of tabular array salt in addition to laid aside.
Transfer rice to a large bowl, add together almonds, remaining Parmesan, ricotta, one-half of the Swiss cheese, nutmeg, lemon zest, thyme, in addition to sage. Season alongside tabular array salt in addition to pepper in addition to give a skillful stir.
Add spinach in addition to gently toss to mix everything.
Sprinkle alongside remaining one-half of the Swiss cheese, embrace alongside foil, in addition to bake for xxx minutes. Uncover, plough the oven to broil, in addition to laid the dish nether the broiler until the topping is golden in addition to crisp, two to 4 minutes (depending how powerful your broiler is.)
Serve!
Nutrition facts
One serving yields 298 calories, nineteen grams of fat, fourteen grams of carbs, in addition to xvi grams of protein.
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1 ½ cups long-grain white rice (I used Jasmine)
1 teaspoon fine grain salt
¼ teaspoon the world dark pepper
two tablespoons butter (or kokosnoot oil), addition to a greater extent than to butter the baking dish
1 loving cup freshly grated Parmesan
½ loving cup slivered almonds
1 loving cup ricotta
1 loving cup grated Swiss cheese (or Gruyere)
Pinch of the world nutmeg
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon chopped sage
Directions
Bring a large pot of salted H2O to a boil. Add spinach in addition to educate for xxx seconds, until wilted. Fish it out alongside a slotted spoon, transfer to a colander, in addition to rinse nether mutual coldness H2O to halt the cooking.
With your hands mash the spinach to extract equally much liquid equally possible.
Transfer to a cutting board in addition to coarsely chop. Set aside.
Add rice to pot in addition to educate for 10 minutes, keeping it slightly underdone. Drain in addition to permit cool.
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) in addition to house a rack inwards the middle.
Butter a 2-quart baking dish in addition to dust alongside two tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese. Set aside.
Melt butter inwards a minor skillet over medium heat. Add almonds in addition to toast for virtually two minutes, until golden. Sprinkle alongside a pinch of tabular array salt in addition to laid aside.
Transfer rice to a large bowl, add together almonds, remaining Parmesan, ricotta, one-half of the Swiss cheese, nutmeg, lemon zest, thyme, in addition to sage. Season alongside tabular array salt in addition to pepper in addition to give a skillful stir.
Add spinach in addition to gently toss to mix everything.
Sprinkle alongside remaining one-half of the Swiss cheese, embrace alongside foil, in addition to bake for xxx minutes. Uncover, plough the oven to broil, in addition to laid the dish nether the broiler until the topping is golden in addition to crisp, two to 4 minutes (depending how powerful your broiler is.)
Serve!
Nutrition facts
One serving yields 298 calories, nineteen grams of fat, fourteen grams of carbs, in addition to xvi grams of protein.