Anyone who finds groundweed in their own garden and is bothered by it can fight the herb. To use it at the same time, it's best to collect it and bring it into the kitchen. Time for Giersch spinach!
How do you prepare Giersch spinach?
Giersch spinach is a nutrient-rich and free alternative to traditional spinach. It is prepared from 300-500g gourd, butter, onions, garlic, spices and cream. Giersch contains a lot of vitamin C, iron and potassium and can have a healing effect on the body.
Giersch tastes like spinach when cooked
Similar to nettles, the edible gourd can be used as a substitute for commercial spinach. You can use both the freshly sprouted leaves and the older leaves.
While the gourd tastes spicy, slightly s alty and similar to a mixture of parsley and carrot when raw, its taste when cooked is reminiscent of spinach. So: A good alternative!
How do you prepare Giersch spinach?
All the ingredients you need to prepare Giersch spinach are in this list:
- about 300 g – 500 g groundweed
- a tablespoon of butter
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- a pinch of nutmeg
- two pinches of pepper
- half a teaspoon of cumin
- 1 tbsp mustard
- some s alt
- a cup of water
- a dash of cream
Step by step to Giersch spinach
First the gourd is cleaned and the stems removed. Then let the gourd drain in a sieve. Now the herb is roughly chopped either with a knife or scissors. The butter is heated in a pot. Then the finely chopped onion is added and sautéed.
The next step is to add the chopped gourd and the chopped garlic. Let it sauté briefly and add the spices and mustard at the same time. After about 2 minutes, add a cup of water and the cream and let the whole thing simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
Spinach, which is rich in nutrients and even has healing properties
In contrast to the spinach that you find in the frozen section of the supermarket, the gooseberry fresh from the forest or meadow is much more nutrient-rich. It contains lots of vitamin C, iron and potassium. It's also free and even has a healing effect on the body. What more could you want?
Tip
You can use the gooseberry, which is found free of charge in nature, to make spinach all year round. The herb can easily be frozen and later processed into spinach in the pot.
