Name: Sauteed Mixed Greens
Yield: Serves 6 as a Side dish
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) chicory (witlof); 3–4 tablespoons olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 small celery stalk, trimmed and chopped; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) english spinach; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) silverbeet (swiss chard)

Preparation info

Serves
6
as a Side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Falling Cloudberries

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2004

About

For me there is nothing like a healthy and simple plate of greens to serve with any grilled (broiled) or roast meats. This is a recipe from ‘Osteria’, one of my favourite eating houses in Siena.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) silverbeet (swiss chard)
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Method

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Wash and trim the silverbeet, spinach and chicory and cook them for a few minutes in the boiling water. If they don’t all fit, cook them in batches. Drain well and, when cooled slightly, chop them up.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan over low heat and sauté the celery until it has softened. Add the garlic and, when you can smell it,