Chilled Steamed Spinach with Sesame

(serves 2)

1/2 lb baby spinach, washed

dress­ing:
3 tbsps soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsps sesame oil
2 tbsps peanut oil
6 tbsps tahini
3/4 tsp sugar
1 tsp honey
1 clove fine­ly minced garlic

sesame seeds to sprin­kle (1/2 tsp?)

Boil water in a large saucepan and plunge spinach in it. Boil, stir­ring, for 1 minute, then pour into a colan­der and rinse with COLD water. Now, squeeze the spinach for an impos­si­ble-seem­ing time, as more and more water is released from it. Expect just one hand­ful of spinach left after squeez­ing. Seriously.

Chill spinach for at least an hour. Mean­while, mix all dress­ing ingre­di­ents togeth­er very thoroughly.

When ready to serve, bring spinach out of the fridge and form into a log, then cut in half to form two serv­ings, and driz­zle with dress­ing (just a lit­tle, save the rest). Sprin­kle with sesame seeds.