Cookbook:Wild Spinach and Lemon Salad

| Mediterranean | Middle Eastern | Vegetables | Salads

A feast for the eyes and a surprise for the tongue.

Ingredients

 * Spinach
 * Lemon or lime
 * Salt
 * Sumak
 * Black pepper
 * Olive oil

Procedure

 * 1) Clean the spinach leaves and remove stems.
 * 2) Blanch leaves in boiling water for 2–3 minutes.
 * 3) Rinse in cold water.
 * 4) Wash lemon thoroughly.
 * 5) Slice lemon paper-thin with sharp knife.
 * 6) Arrange plate circularly: loosely place a small bunch of leaves, then a slice of lemon, and so on.
 * 7) Sprinkle with coarse ground black pepper, salt, and sumak.