Spinach and Comté Loaf

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

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

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	50 min.	1 hour 15 min.

Step by step recipe

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.
2	Mix on slow speed until the batter is smooth. Set aside in the fridge.
3	Prepare the fillings Peel and finely chop 2 shallots.
4	Melt 30 g butter in a large frying pan, then add the shallots, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
5	Add 100 g cooked spinach and cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes to wilt and slightly "dry off" the spinach.
6	Dice 100 g Comté cheese quite small.
7	Make the loaf Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C). Mix the spinach (when cold) and diced cheese into the batter.
8	Pour into a loaf tin or mould...
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.

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