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Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto

For this simple recipe, thinly sliced and sautéed mushrooms, accompanied by cooked spinach, are combined with a pesto sauce.

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Last modified on: May 10^th 2023

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 tablespoons olive oil
2 2 shallots
3 500 g mushrooms
4 400 g cooked spinach
5 50 g cream
6 150 g Pesto
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,210 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
4 min.	13 min.	17 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

In a saucepan over medium heat, pour in 4 tablespoons olive oil and when it is hot add 2 shallots minced.

Add salt and pepper, cook for 1 minute without browning.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Add prepared and chopped 500 g mushrooms, salt again and mix well...

Stage 3 - 8 min.

...and cook to your liking, typically until the mushrooms have run out of water.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 400 g cooked spinach...

Stage 5 - 4 min.

... then 50 g cream.

Stir and cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cream has reduced.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Remove from heat and add Ing5, mix well, ready.

Stage 7

Serve alone or with pasta or rice for example.

Remarks

You can use a classic pesto, or a variation like coriander-cashew pesto or tomato pesto sauce.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,729 Kcal or 7,239 Kj	192 gr	217 gr	523 gr
86 %	74 %	20 %	79 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
143 Kcal or 599 Kj	16 gr	18 gr	43 gr
7 %	6 %	2 %	7 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
432 Kcal or 1,809 Kj	48 gr	54 gr	131 gr
22 %	18 %	5 %	20 %

% 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

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 7.90 €
Per person : 1.98 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad, Rillettes stuffed mushrooms, Rice à la grecque, Summer Salmon Blanquette, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Spinach Omelette, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, ... All
	Pesto: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti with tomatoes and pesto, Pesto crackers, Roasted leeks with pesto, Loaf for "les filles'", Pasta with pesto and preserved tomatoes, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clafoutis batter, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Vol-au-vent, "Moelleux" cake batter, Pasta with green asparagus, ... All

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