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The best green sauce

This bright green sauce, a recipe from our friend Margi, takes about 15 minutes to make and adds plenty of colour and a hit of iron to your plate. It’s great to have in the fridge for quick nutritious meals - such as green eggs - and is a wonderful way to use up a bunch of forgotten greens.

Green eggs made with green sauce

Credit: Murdoch Books / Cath Muscat

  • makes

    200 ml

  • prep

    10 minutes

  • cook

    5 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

makes

200 ml

serves

preparation

10

minutes

cooking

5

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

You can also it in sauces and marinades. 

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch English spinach (stems and all) or ½ bunch silverbeet leaves (remove the stems)
  • 1 glove garlic, chopped
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp plain flour
  • ¼ tsp each salt and black pepper.
  • Milk or cream, as needed

Instructions

1. Steam spinach (stems and all) or silverbeet leaves  in a large saucepan, covered, over low heat. Once soft, turn off the heat and allow to cool.

2. Transfer to a food processor with garlic, olive oil, flour, salt and black pepper. Whiz until blended, then add a slurp of milk or cream and whiz again until smooth. If it doesn’t look smooth enough, add some more oil and whiz some more. Taste, adjust the seasoning and store in the fridge for 3–4 days.

To make green eggs: Add 2 tablespoons green sauce to 2 eggs and whisk with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook in a saucepan with a knob of butter over a low heat until scrambled. Serve on toast.
Green eggs made with green sauce
Source: Undefined / Murdoch Books / Cath Muscat
Recipe and image from , photography by Cath Muscat. (Murdoch Books, $39.99)

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

You can also it in sauces and marinades. 


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Published 31 March 2023 9:25am
By Alex Elliott-Howery, Jaimee Edwards
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