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Ravikos

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Ravikos (Italian: Testine di spinaci) is a Turkish Jewish dish of slow-braised spinach stems, also part of the cuisine of Italian Jews. The stems are cooked in broth or water, with lemon juice or vinegar, and olive oil. Some recipes add chopped tomatoes and rice.[1] It is a customary dish for Thursday dinners when meals are usually kept light in advance of the Shabbat meal. The spinach leaves are usually added to the frittata-like egg and vegetable dishes that are a staple of the traditional Sephardic brunch called desayuno.[2] In Italian they are called testine di spinaci, or according to an old Venetian recipe, gambetti de spinasse (lit. "little spinach legs").[3]

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  1. ^ Wright, Clifford A. (2011). The Best Soups in the World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780544177796.
  2. ^ Cohen, Jayne (2008). Jewish Holiday Cooking. Wiley.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Joyce (12 April 2016). The New Mediterranean Jewish Table: Old World Recipes for the Modern Home. Illustrated by Hugh D'Andrade. (1st, ebook ed.). Oakland: University of California Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-520-96061-9. LCCN 2020757338. OL 27204905M. Wikidata Q114657881.