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Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil plus oil as needed for frying
½ cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, well minced
1 ½ cups packed, cooked chopped spinach, very well drained (see note)
1 egg
1 egg yolk
Juice of ½ lemon
¼ teaspoon grated lemon rind
Pinch of nutmeg
½ cup bread crumbs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium-sized skillet. Add onion, saute until tender but not brown, and then add garlic and saute a few minutes longer.
- Step 2
In the container of a food processor, combine onion and garlic with spinach, egg, egg yolk, lemon juice and rind, nutmeg and bread crumbs, and process until blended. Season with salt and pepper.
- Step 3
Pour olive oil to the depth of about ½ inch in a heavy skillet and heat. Form spinach mixture into patties, using a heaping tablespoon of the mixture for each patty. Fry until brown on one side, turn and brown the other side. Drain patties on absorbent paper.
Use 1 pound of cooked spinach, about 20 ounces of fresh spinach or 1½ packages of frozen spinach.
Private Notes
Comments
For Passover you could substitute matzah meal for the bread crumbs.
