Tips for squeezing water out of spinach?

I need to make a lot of spinach gratin for the upcoming Hannukah and Thanksgiving holiday period. Lizthechef's recipe, posted on this site:
http://food52.com/recipes...

I know how to squeeze spinach by hand but does anyone have any tips on speeding up the process for larger quantities? As recommended by the recipe and reader comments, the spinach will be defrosted frozen, not fresh spinach. Thank you!

Posted by: Pegeen
November 17, 2013

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PegeenNovember 18, 2013

Thank you, June. I love the dish but dread the chore.

ChefJuneNovember 18, 2013

I dump the spinach into a clean tea towel and squeeze the bejeezus out of it. It's the fastest way I've figured out to get the spinach really dry.

PegeenNovember 18, 2013

She swears it works for lettuces. I'm thinking it might not work so well for finely-chopped spinach. I'm going with the ricer tip!

PegeenNovember 17, 2013

Thanks Rachel. Believe it or not, I've also heard a tip to put large quantities of greens in a pillow case, then on the spin cycle in a (dry) washing machine.

Rachel P.November 18, 2013

If that works that is absolutely genius mental. If it doesn't, that is just plain mental.

Rachel P.November 17, 2013

Put it in a salad spinner, then press any excess out between sheets of kitchen towel.

PegeenNovember 17, 2013

Dona, thank you! What a great tip.

DonaNovember 17, 2013

I use a ricer, it works great .

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