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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> English

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash the spinach in cold water; drain. | 2. Drop into a kettle of boiling salted water. | 3. Return the water to a boil. | 4. Cook slowly, uncovered, for 5 minutes. | 5. Drain the spinach in a colander. | 6. Immediately rinse under cold running water for 1 minute. Squeeze the spinach, a handful at a time, to extract as much water as possible. Chop very fine. Heat the butter until bubbling in a saucepan over moderately high heat. Stir in the spinach. | 7. Continue stirring for 2 to 3 minutes until all moisture has evaporated. | 8. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. | 9. Lower the heat to moderate. Sprinkle on the flour and cook, stirring for 2 minutes. | 10. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the cream by spoonfuls while stirring until 2/3 cup has been added. | 11. Return to the heat and bring to a simmer. | 12. Cover and cook very slowly for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding the remaining 1/3 cup cream by spoonfuls. | 13. Remove the spinach from the heat. Stir in the butter (1 Tbsp). Transfer the creamed spinach to a deep serving dish and mound it decoratively with a spatula. | 14. Garnish the spinach with sieved egg yolks and croutons. | 15. For the Croutons: Cut decorative shapes out of the bread using a Christmas cookie cutter. | 16. Toast the bread under the preheated broiler. | 17. Place around the spinach for garnish. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
spinach	3	lbs		299.3713	53.0704	29.9371	4.0823
water			salted boiling	-	-	-	-
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
nutmeg				-	-	-	-
flour	1 1/2	1/2		867.42	189.9081	14.1015	3.3654
heavy cream	1	cup		408.0	3.2880000000000003	3.408	43.29600000000001
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
egg yolk	2		boiled sieved	109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
bread	1 -2	slice		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.