Baby spinach with red quinoa

recipe for 4

• 5 small scallions, sliced  1 cm thick (75 g)
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tb sumach
• 3 tb red wine vinegar
• 200 g red quinoa
• 1 tb Dijon mustard
• 2 tb lemon juice
• 2 tb olive oil
• 150 g baby spinach
• coarsed sea salt & black pepper

 

how to do

• mix the scallions with 1 tsp salt & leave standing it for 5 min
• add sugar, sumach & vinegar, mix again & let infuse for 30 min
• boil some water in a small pot, add the quinoa, let it boil & cook for 11 min ( or follow the quinoa package label)
• pour off a colander, refresh well under cold water, let it drain till it’s completely dry
• for the dressing mix in a bowl: mustard, lemon juice, 1 tsp salt & a pinch fresh black pepper
• add carefully the oil with stirring
• let the scallions drain & add them with 1 tb of its liquid in a big bowl
• add the spinach & the quinoa
• douse with the dressing

 

smell, taste & go for the show…

 

recipe picked of: Nopi – das Kochbuch, Y. Ottolenghi & R. Scully, DK Verlag