A Tarte of Spinage
Take Spynage and perboyle it tender, then take it up and wrynge oute the water cleane, and chop it very small, and set it uppon the fyre wyth swete butter in a frying panne and season it, and set it in a platter to coole then fyll your tart and so bake it. (Proper Newe Booke)
Take spinach and boil it till it's tender. Then take it squeeze out the extra water and chop it very small, and set it on the fire with sweet butter in a frying pan and seasonit, and let it cool. Then fill your pie crust and bake it.
20 oz spinach
1/4 lb butter
1 T sugar
1 t cinnamon
1/4 t mace
1/4 t salt
9" pastry shell
Note: recipes for other pies in this book say "season it up with sugar and cinnamon and sweet butter" or also with mace or just with sugar and butter.
Parboil spinach 3 minutes, rinse in cold water, wring it dry. Fry 2-3 minutes in butter with spices. Cool. Fill shell and bake at 350F for 40 minutes.
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