Warm Spinach Salad

I made this yummy salad for dinner tonight. I think it is now, our favourite spinach salad. The recipe is from the Whitewater Cooks cookbook.

warm spinach salad

Recipe

Ingredients:

3/4 cup olive oil

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 large shallot, diced

1/3 cup prosciutto, chopped

1/3 cup rice or red wine vinegar

1 cup fresh basil, julienned

1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted

1/4 cup fresh parmesan cheese, grated

salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

10 cups fresh spinach washed and dried

Method:

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add garlic, shallots and prosciutto and saute until shallots are translucent. Add vinegar, salt and pepper. Keep warm. In a large mixing bowl toss the warm vinaigrette with the spinach and fresh basil. Top with parmesan cheese and pine nuts.

Serve immediately!

Serves 4-6.

I did not add the basil, I cannot get it here in town in the winter.