Spinach
Spinach is a vegetable belonging to the VII food group. From the botanical point of view, however, they belong to the Chenopodiaceae family, Genus Spinacia, Species oleracea; the binomial nomenclature of spinach is Spinacia oleracea.
Spinach has a "multiple food and culinary application. In fact, they possess the primary gastronomic function of" side dish ", raw or cooked, but their applications are not lacking in dry first courses (as a filling or condiment) or broth (in soups), in main courses (again as a filling, for example in rolled roasts or omelettes) and in single dishes (savory pies, pizza, etc.).
Spinach flour
Spinach flour is a product obtained by grinding the dried leaves of fresh (uncooked) spinach. It has all the nutritional characteristics of the original food, with the exception of vitamin C which, being sensitive to oxidation, gradually decreases in the preserved products.
Regarding calories, spinach flour contains about 9 times more, since water is about 9 times less. Energy is mainly supplied by proteins, however not very relevant as they are scarce and have a low biological value; followed by carbohydrates (glucose) and finally lipids (unsaturated).
Spinach flour is a food that performs the main function of providing: mineral salts (especially iron), vitamins (folic acid) and fiber. Compared to fresh spinach, as anticipated, the flour does NOT contain water and boasts lower portions of ascorbic acid (vit. C).
However, similarly to fresh food, spinach flour is also not free from anti-nutritional agents. In particular, it seems to contain considerable quantities of oxalic acid and oxalates; these compounds, which tend to reduce the absorption of certain mineral salts (for example eg calcium), in predisposed subjects, can also favor the formation of kidney stones.
Spinach flour is used in cooking especially in the formulation of creams and soups, as a colorant for pasta dishes (for example, to obtain green tagliatelle) and to structure certain fillings (obviously, after rehydration).
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