Wilted spinach with rice & dill

Name: Wilted spinach with rice & dill
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: lemon wedges, to serve; salt and ground black pepper; 675 g/1½ lb fresh spinach, trimmed of any hard stalks; 105 ml/7 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 115 g/4 oz/⅔ cup Karolina rice (if not available, try Arborio or Carnaroli); 45 ml/3 tbsp chopped fresh dill, plus extra sprigs to garnish; 1 large onion, chopped; juice of ½ lemon; 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup water

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food & Cooking of Greece

By Rena Salaman

Published 2023

About

Spinach and rice make a very successful combination. Spanakorizo is a delicious, yet frugal, dish that can be made in very little time. In Greece, it is particularly popular during periods of fasting, when meat is avoided for religious reasons. Serve it as a main course with some fried fish or chickpea rissoles.

Ingredients

675 g/1½ lb fresh spinach, trimmed of any hard stalks
105 ml/7

Europe
Greece
Starter
Vegan
Winter
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Thoroughly wash the spinach in cold water and drain. Repeat four or five times until the spinach is completely clean and free of grit, then drain it in a colander. If the spinach is large-leafed – as it occasionally is in Greece – chop it coarsely.

Gently heat the oi