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Spinach and Comté Loaf

For this savoury cake-style loaf, we use a plain basic mixture and add wilted spinach wth shallots and diced Comté cheese.

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Last modified on: April 17^th 2016

For 1 loaf, you will need:

1 4 eggs
2 150 g flour
3 30 g butter
4 10 g baking powder
5 100 ml olive oil
6 salt
7 pepper
8 2 shallots
9 30 g butter
10 100 g cooked spinach
11 100 g Comté cheese
12 salt
13 pepper
Total weight: 770 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
23 min.	50 min.	1 hour 13 min.

Keeping:

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #1

Prepare the cake mixture

Put into a food-processor bowl: 4 eggs, 150 g flour, 30 g butter, 10 g baking powder, 100 ml olive oil, salt and pepper.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #2

Mix on slow speed until the batter is smooth.

Set aside in the fridge.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #3

Prepare the fillings

Peel and finely chop 2 shallots.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #4

Melt 30 g butter in a large frying pan, then add the shallots, salt and pepper.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #5

Add 100 g cooked spinach and cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes to wilt and slightly "dry off" the spinach.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #6

Dice 100 g Comté cheese quite small.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #7

Make the loaf

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Mix the spinach (when cold) and diced cheese into the batter.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #8

Pour into a loaf tin or mould...

Stage 9 - 45 min.

Spinach and Comté Loaf : Photo of step #9

...and bake for about 45 minutes.

Check if the loaf is cooked after 30-35 minutes.

Remarks

If you do not have any Comté, you can use another kind of cheese (Gruyère, Beaufort, etc.), or even opt for a quite different character by using goat's cheese.

Nutritional information

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 1 loaf : 7.21 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach fritters, Spinach Omelette, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach brik parcels, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cocotte eggs with Comté, Courgettes (zuchinis) , Deep leek and potato quiche, Comtoise endive salad, Montlebon toast, ... All

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