Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach
A buttered ramekin, a layer of mushrooms, a layer of spinach, a little cream and an egg added on top in two stages.
119K 18 4.9
Last modified on: December 30th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 6 people, you will need:
- 1
250 g mushrooms - 2
30 g shallot - 3
30 g butter - 4
200 g cooked spinach - 5 30 g butter
- 6
150 ml liquid cream - 7
6 eggs - 8
salt - 9
pepper - 10
½ lemon - Total weight: 1,055 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 1 min. | 3 min. | 26 min. | 1 hour 30 min. |
At what time:
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ? - Work this out...
Step by step recipe
Stage 1
Clean 250 g mushrooms and cut into small pieces.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Prepare and chop the shallot.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Melt 30 g butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the shallot, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Add the mushrooms and cook for around 5 minutes without salt and pepper.
Stage 6 - 35 min.
Chop 200 g cooked spinach.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Butter the ramekins and put a layer of mushrooms in the bottom and add a layer of spinach.
Butter the ramekins and put a layer of mushrooms in the bottom and add a layer of spinach.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Pour over a generous spoonful of cream, then salt and pepper lightly.
Stage 9 - 8 min.
Break an egg and add the white to the ramekin...
Stage 10 - 20 min.
...keeping the yolk to one side.
Fill all the ramekins like this, salting and peppering each lightly a second time.
Fill all the ramekins like this, salting and peppering each lightly a second time.
Stage 11
Bake in the oven for around 20 minutes until the egg white is set.
Stage 12 - 3 min.
Turn the oven off and tip an egg yolk into each ramekin. Return the ramekins to the oven for 3 minutes so that the yolks can heat through in the residual heat.
Serve immediately.
Serve immediately.
Stage 13
Note: This is not absolutely needed, but for a better taste => increase the amount of cream about the half and make it reduce in a small pan on small fire, with salt and pepper.
Use this reduced cream instead of usual cream in stage 8.
Use this reduced cream instead of usual cream in stage 8.
Remarks
The method above adds the egg in two stages to ensure that the white is cooked (set) and the yolk stays soft. This is the most difficult aspect of eggs en cocotte.
Keeping
A few minutes once cooked.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,464 Kcal or 6,129 Kj | 55 gr | 34 gr | 131 gr |
| 73 % | 21 % | 3 % | 20 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 139 Kcal or 582 Kj | 5 gr | 3 gr | 12 gr |
| 7 % | 2 % | <1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 244 Kcal or 1,022 Kj | 9 gr | 6 gr | 22 gr |
| 12 % | 4 % | 1 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 3.99 €
- Per person : 0.67 €
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)
 | Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Kérinou slices, Rice à la grecque, Sautéed oyster mushrooms, Chicken pie, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, ... All |
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach Omelette, Spinach fritters, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Spinach Mornay, Crispy spinach rolls, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Penne with Mushrooms, Pistachio panna cotta with custard, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, Artichoke hearts forestier , ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken pie, Cream sauce with Vin Jaune, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Fresh spinach with cream, The total turnip, ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
Flambéd bananas
The trick of this recipe is to end up with bananas caramelised on the outside, still firm on the inside, coated with a tasty syrup which is not 95% butter.298K 14 40 min. February 21th 2011
Crème brulée
Crème brûlée (burned cream) is quite easy to prepare: it's a simple egg-cream dessert. The only difficulty is in making the delicious crunchy caramel layer on top. The perfect crème brulée (for me) is a cold and soft cream, with on top a nice hot caramel crust. This is a completely new version...1.6M 74.3 4 hours 38 min. December 31th 2011
Soft fruits in sabayon
This recipe is made by briefly cooking an assortment of soft fruits (raspberries, blackcurrants, blackberries, blueberries, currants...) with a little sugar to glaze them. They are served in a small dish, covered with a delicious sabayon which can be lightly "burned" on surface.248K3.9 46 min. February 21th 2011
Tiramisu
Classic italian recipe (the name means "pull me up" or more poetically, "take me up to the sky"). It's similar to a charlotte in its structure: layers of flavoured biscuits between layers of smooth cream.467K5 49 min. July 27th 2013
European glass
A little dessert that's rather long to make, but which will always impress your guests. Layered in a glass: a jellied red fruit coulis, a layer of pineapple charlotte cream, a layer of kiwi coulis, topped with a peeled clementine segment. It's "european" because it resembles the italian flag, and in...214K5 2 hours 29 min. August 15th 2010
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2023-02-05)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post your comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.