Green Spinach Food Coloring
Serves 60 · 30 minutes
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Sign inThis homemade food coloring derives the green color from spinach.
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Ingredients
- 100 g washed spinach leaves
- ½ cup (125 ml) water
- 3 tablespoons white granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
Method
- Blanch the spinach by boiling in a large volume of water for 2 minutes (until bright green) then draining and quickly transferring to cold water. Let rest 1–2 minutes.
- Drain the spinach and blend it to a purée with the ½ cup (125 ml) water.
- Using a cheesecloth, strain the purée into a bowl to extract the juice.
- Pour the juice into a pan and add sugar.
- Turn the heat to medium-high, and stir to dissolve the sugar.
- Skim off and discard any foam that collects at the surface of the liquid.
- Turn the heat to high and boil until the liquid reduces to a single-thread consistency.
- Turn off the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
- Cool slightly, then pour into an airtight jar and cool completely.