Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg
A "cake" of fried polenta, blanched spinach and a soft-poached egg on top, with a cream, shallot and white-wine sauce poured over just before serving.
55K 8 4.3
Last modified on: June 3rd 2018
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
50 g shallot - 2
4 Poached eggs - 3
200 g Polenta - 4
2 tablespoons olive oil - 5
40 g butter - 6
1 glass dry white wine - 7
150 ml liquid cream - 8
300 g cooked spinach - 9 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 10
salt - 11
pepper - Total weight: 1,100 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 45 min. | 26 min. | 1 hour 11 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 20 min.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Prepare the polenta cakes
Prepare the polenta, spread out approximately 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and leave to cool.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Use a cutter to cut out 8 cm (3 inch) circles...
Stage 4
...allowing one circle per person. Collect up the trimmings of polenta and save for another recipe.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat and when hot, add the polenta cakes.
Cook until nicely browned on both sides.
Set aside and keep hot.
Cook until nicely browned on both sides.
Set aside and keep hot.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Melt 40 g butter in a small saucepan on medium heat, then add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 8 - 1 min.
Pour in 1 glass dry white wine and leave to reduce by 3/4.
Stage 9 - 15 min.
Stage 10 - 5 min.
Reheat the spinach
Meanwhile, reheat 300 g cooked spinach with 2 tablespoons olive oil in a frying pan on low heat.
Stage 11 - 1 min.
Assemble the dish
Place a polenta cake on each of the hot serving plates.
Stage 12 - 3 min.
Place the cutter over the polenta while you arrange the spinach on top. Press this gently into place...
Stage 13
...and remove the cutter.
This method ensures a neat circle of spinach, just the right size.
This method ensures a neat circle of spinach, just the right size.
Stage 14 - 1 min.
Place a hot poached egg on top.
Stage 15 - 2 min.
Pour the shallot sauce over and serve immediately.
For a little dramatic effect, like in the photo, you can split the egg to let some yolk run out just before serving.
For a little dramatic effect, like in the photo, you can split the egg to let some yolk run out just before serving.
Remarks
The tricky part of this recipe is the timing: getting everything ready at the same time so that the different elements (egg, spinach, polenta, sauce) are hot when assembled.
If you prefer a smoother sauce, you can strain it to remove the bits of shallots before adding the cream.
If you prefer a smoother sauce, you can strain it to remove the bits of shallots before adding the cream.
Keeping
Should be eaten immediately once plated up.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,490 Kcal or 6,238 Kj | 32 gr | 40 gr | 171 gr |
| 75 % | 12 % | 4 % | 26 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 135 Kcal or 565 Kj | 3 gr | 4 gr | 16 gr |
| 7 % | 1 % | <1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 373 Kcal or 1,562 Kj | 8 gr | 10 gr | 43 gr |
| 19 % | 3 % | 1 % | 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 3.67 €
- Per person : 0.92 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise", Spinach Croque-monsieur , Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, ... All |
 | Polenta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Polenta with Mont d'Or, Rata-tart, Curried polenta, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Taos hotpot, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Asparagus "en petit pois", Sea bass with coriander cream en papillote, Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, French toast "cordon bleu", Flaked almond tart, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sorrel soup, Tuna pasta, Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, Marchand de vin sauce, Pâté de campagne, ... All |
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