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Recipe : ** Spinach Au Gratin

Spinach Au Gratin
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Course:
Side Dish

Practical information

  • Prep time
    25 min
  • Cooking
    25 min
  • Ready in
    50 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
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Categories

Healthy recipe
Budget:
friendly
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Category:
Vegetable recipes
Tags:
gratin, spinach

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • ¼ teaspoons pepper
  • ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon flour
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 pch grated nutmeg
  • 1 pch granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon grated swiss cheese
  • 900 g spinach
  • 80 g light cream
  • 80 g mornay sauce

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Clean and trim spinach. In a large, heavy saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add spinach and cook over brisk flame for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove pan from fire.
  • 2
    Add pepper, salt, nutmeg, and sugar. Sprinkle with flour. Mix well. Return pan to fire and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Again remove pan from fire. Stir in cream.
  • 3
    Return pan to fire and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Lower flame. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
  • 4
    Off fire, add another 1 tablespoon butter cut into small pieces, stirring until butter is melted and well blended.
  • 5
    In bottom of ovenproof dish, spread 3 tablespoons Mornay Sauce. Add spinach. Cover with remaining Sauce. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Add 2 remaining tablespoons melted butter. Bake at 500ºF degrees for 3 minutes, or until the top is golden.
  • 6
    Serve hot.
  • Ready !