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Spinach Mornay

This gratin is made with a layer of pre-cooked spinach, then sliced hard-boiled eggs and a Mornay sauce (an enriched bechamel with cheese).

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Last modified on: February 27^th 2019

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 15.48 ml butter
2 250 ml cooked spinach
3 2 hard-boiled eggs
4 100 ml Bechamel sauce
5 50 ml grated cheese
6 25 ml grated cheese (optional)

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	25 min.	40 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C)

Butter a gratin dish.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Spread 250 ml cooked spinach in the bottom.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Slice 2 hard-boiled eggs and arrange on top of the spinach.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Mix 100 ml Bechamel sauce and 50 ml grated cheese, then pour over the eggs.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

For a browner top, you can add a little more more grated cheese.

Stage 6 - 25 min.

Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until nicely browned on top.

Remarks

This recipe is very approximate, so do feel free to adapt the quantities to whatever you have to hand.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
654 Kcal or 2,738 Kj	34 gr	28 gr	55 gr
33 %	13 %	3 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
127 Kcal or 532 Kj	7 gr	5 gr	11 gr
6 %	3 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
327 Kcal or 1,369 Kj	17 gr	14 gr	28 gr
16 %	6 %	1 %	4 %

% 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, Egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 1.88 €
Per person : 0.94 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach on toast with bechamel, Spinach Omelette, Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin slices with spinach, Bolognaise lasagne, Gratin of Jerusalem artichokes à la Comtoise, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed cabbage leaves, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Oxtail Parmentier, Gratin of beet tops and potatoes, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sorrel omelette, Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), Tarte à l'coloche, Super-green, super-thrifty soup, Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, ... All

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