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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.

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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.

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

Stage 3 - 8 min.

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

Stage 4 - 1 min.

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Add 400 g cooked spinach...

Stage 5 - 4 min.

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... then 50 g cream.

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

Stage 6 - 2 min.

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

Stage 7

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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
1,008 Kcal or 4,220 Kj	42 gr	55 gr	152 gr
50 %	16 %	5 %	23 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
83 Kcal or 348 Kj	3 gr	5 gr	13 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
252 Kcal or 1,055 Kj	10 gr	14 gr	38 gr
13 %	4 %	1 %	6 %

% 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: Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad, Sautéed oyster mushrooms, Bolognaise lasagne, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Feta and spinach brik pie, Spinach fritters, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Spinach on toast with bechamel, ... All
	Pesto: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Genoese croque-monsieur, Fried egg in bread, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, Pesto crackers, Olive and pesto bread, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy rice with spinach, Clementine Chantilly, Crunchy verrines, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, New tiramisu, ... All

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