Spinach and sesame salad

Name: Spinach and sesame salad
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 800 g leaf spinach; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 5 TABLESPOONS Sesame seeds; 2 TABLESPOONS light miso paste; 2 TABLESPOONS Soy sauce; 3 TSP Sugar; 2-3 TABLESPOONS Mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine); 1 small onion; 1 Garlic clove

AUTHOR
Pat Ware

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
25 mins

TOTAL TIME
25 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6

800 g leaf spinach
7-10 Tbsp Salt
5 TABLESPOONS Sesame seeds
2 TABLESPOONS light miso paste
2 TABLESPOONS Soy sauce
3 TSP Sugar
2-3 TABLESPOONS Mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine)
1 small onion
1 Garlic clove

Directions

1
Clean the spinach, wash thoroughly and drain. Boil up salted water in a large pot. Blanch the spinach for 2-3 minutes. Drain, rinse cold and drain well.
2
For the sauce, sauté the sesame seeds in a pan. Set aside 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds, grind the rest finely in the universal chopper. Mix the ground sesame, miso paste, soy sauce, sugar and mirin. Peel onion and garlic and dice very finely, mix in.
3
Arrange the spinach on 4 plates and drizzle with the sesame sauce. Sprinkle with sesame seeds that have been set aside.