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Asparagus and spinach gratin

A quick vegetable gratin made with asparagus and spinach cooked beforehand, in a bechamel sauce and topped with slivers of Brie.

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Last modified on: June 20^th 2021

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 600 g asparagus
2 600 g cooked spinach
3 500 g Bechamel sauce
4 100 g cheese
Total weight: 1,800 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
37 min.	25 min.	1 hour 2 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Prepare 600 g asparagus and cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Coarsely chop 600 g cooked spinach.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Mix the asparagus and spinach in a bowl with 500 g Bechamel sauce.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Put the mixture into a buttered gratin dish in an even layer.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Cover with thin sliced of Brie.

Note: remove the Brie rind if you prefer.

Stage 6 - 25 min.

Bake for about 25 minutes.

Remarks

If you don't have Brie, use another similar style of cheese, such as Camembert.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,512 Kcal or 6,330 Kj	73 gr	124 gr	104 gr
76 %	28 %	12 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
84 Kcal or 352 Kj	4 gr	7 gr	6 gr
4 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
189 Kcal or 791 Kj	9 gr	16 gr	13 gr
9 %	4 %	1 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 6.60 £
Per person : 0.83 £

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Asparagus: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Filet mignon with asparagus, Asparagus "en petit pois", How to prepare asparagus, Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, White asparagus salad, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Thin spinach and potato tart, Gratin slices with spinach, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin "grilled inside", Croque-monsieur, Italian style gratin, Moussaka, Bolognaise lasagne, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Endive and cheese salad with croutons, Eggs in brioche nests, Aligot, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), ... All

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