My mother often made Russian tea, which is a wonderful wintertime brew. It always makes the house smell wonderful during Christmas! Wonderful whether warm or cold!
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Swiss chard, stemmed and chopped
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 4 ounces raisins
- 2 ounces pine nuts
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and pour in enough water to reach just below the bottom of the insert. Bring the water to a boil. Add the chard and steam until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the raisins and pine nuts in the hot oil until the pine nuts turn golden, about 5 minutes. Add the chard, season with salt and pepper, and continue cooking while stirring constantly until the chard is hot, about 2 minutes.
Reviews
Brings me back to my childhood. My grandmother who was also from Spain used to make this all the time!
I used my homemade, oven dried raisins. It was amazing! Great recipe! Serve it with garlic cheese grits and all you need is an entree.
This was very delicious! The texture was terrific and had just the right amount of sweetness. I substituted chopped pecans in this dish only because I didn’t have pine nuts on hand. But I’m sure the pine nuts are really good too!
We substituted spinach and it was great.
This was a delicious addition to an all-vegetarian Spanish dinner, alongside yellow rice, black beans, and plantains. I followed the recipe as is and didn’t make any additions. It was excellent!
Almost too sweet unless paired with something salty (grilled fish).
I used cashews instead of pine nuts (what I had on hand). Delish.
This recipe is simple and tasty. A great way to eat chard.
Yum, I had this as my dinner. Didn’t have raisins or oil, but used butter and craisins which were perfect. Good recipe.
Delicious…made it just as the recipe called for and loved it.
Loved how simple, easy, healthy and tasteful this recipe is, I make it all the time!
The chard made a beautiful presentation, and the pine nuts and raisins were a surprise, delicious addition. Definitely a keeper.
An excellent and easy side dish. Can also accompany chicken, pork or be served with poached or fried eggs. The contrast of the sweet raisins and pine nuts with the chard (or spinach) is really delicious.