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Asparagus and spinach gratin

A quick vegetable gratin made with asparagus and spinach cooked beforehand, in a bechamel sauce and topped with slivers of Brie.

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Last modified on: June 20^th 2021

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 300 g asparagus
2 300 g cooked spinach
3 250 g Bechamel sauce
4 50 g cheese
Total weight: 900 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
37 min.	25 min.	1 hour 2 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Prepare 300 g asparagus and cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Coarsely chop 300 g cooked spinach.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Mix the asparagus and spinach in a bowl with 250 g Bechamel sauce.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Put the mixture into a buttered gratin dish in an even layer.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Cover with thin sliced of Brie.

Note: remove the Brie rind if you prefer.

Stage 6 - 25 min.

Bake for about 25 minutes.

Remarks

If you don't have Brie, use another similar style of cheese, such as Camembert.

Keeping

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

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
756 Kcal or 3,165 Kj	37 gr	62 gr	52 gr
38 %	14 %	6 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
84 Kcal or 352 Kj	4 gr	7 gr	6 gr
4 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
189 Kcal or 791 Kj	9 gr	16 gr	13 gr
9 %	4 %	1 %	2 %

% 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, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.85 €
Per person : 0.96 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Feta and spinach brik pie, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Thin spinach and potato tart, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, ... All
	Asparagus: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: White asparagus salad, How to prepare asparagus, Asparagus "en petit pois", Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, Filet mignon with asparagus, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grilled ham and bechamel sandwiches, Potato and broccoli gratin, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, Croque-monsieur potatoes, Moussaka, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Eggs in brioche nests, Potato wallets, Butterfly pasta with smoked trout, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Crispy potato galette with leeks, ... All

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