Lamented by the majority of children all over the world, spinach is one of those things you grow to love. Greens are all pretty good for you on the whole, but spinach is the king of healthy eating, providing a huge boost of antioxidants, as well as iron, Vitamin C and magnesium. Chefs value it for its deep green colour as well as its distinctive flavour, as evidenced by our beautiful collection of spinach recipes.

Spinach is commonly used to colour and fill pasta in Italy. Luigi Sartini uses spinach pasta in his lasagne recipe, whilst Gaetano Trovato's Ravioli with sheep's milk ricotta, spinach, tomato sauce and basil is a classic combination of flavours, marrying ricotta, spinach and Parmesan inside supple semolina pasta. Spinach and pastry is also a common combination, as proved by Valeria Necchio and Luca Marchiori with their respective Erbazzone and Torta pasqualina recipes.