Friday, May 7, 2010

Spinach & Cheese Brownie or Burgers

I love spinach, corn, egg, and onion together with garlic and wine. This recipe has it all.

Ingredients
1 (10 ounce) package of fresh spinach, rinsed and chopped
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup corn meal
1 teaspoon salt or more to taste
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup milk or leftover red wine
1/2 cup olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves chopped (optional)
1/2 cup chopped black olives (optional)
1 (8 ounce) package of mozzarella cheese grated or blend of Romano, Parmesan, Asiago Provolone or mozzarella.
some crushed red chili pepper (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
Rinse spinach and then steam for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a large bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, salt and baking powder. Stir in eggs, milk (or wine) and olive oil. Mix in spinach, onion, garlic, olives and grated cheeses.
Pour into baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool before serving.

Cut into brownie size squares and eat them cold or have them warmed as square burgers between toast with Cholula Mexican hot sauce. Great party food.

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