1,436 easy and fully explained recipes, with 66,216 photos and 78 videos

Langres-style spinach

Spinach in a creamy sauce with Langres cheese and lardons, served with hard-boiled eggs.

16K

Last modified on: April 24^th 2022

Keywords for this recipe:

For 8 people, you will need:

1 1 cup cheese
2 2 shallots
3 2 spring onions (scallions)
4 1 ¹⁄₃ cup small pieces of bacon
5 1 cup liquid cream
6 0 kg 5 g cooked spinach
7 8 hard-boiled eggs
8 salt
9 pepper

Change to the quantities for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

Change measures: Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
11 min.	23 min.	34 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 - 10 min.

Cut 1 cup cheese (Langres if possible) into small pieces.

Prepare 2 shallots and chop.

Prepare and slice 2 spring onions (scallions).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 8 min.

Fry 1 ¹⁄₃ cup small pieces of bacon in a large frying pan on high heat until done to your liking.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add the chopped shallot and cook for 1 or 2 minutes (add a knob of butter if the lardons are on the dry side).

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 1 cup liquid cream, then the pieces of cheese.

Stage 5 - 8 min.

Bring to the boil, stirring constantly until the cheese is melted.

Check the seasoning.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Add 0 kg 5 g cooked spinach, turn down the heat and mix well.

Leave to thicken slightly if necessary.

Stage 7

Serve plated up ("à l'assiette") with quartered hard-boiled eggs on the side, just reheated if necessary.

Remarks

Of course, this recipe is intended to be made with Langres cheese. But if you don't have this, try to use another characterful, creamy cheese, such as Munster or Maroilles.

Keeping

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

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,193 Kcal or 17,555 Kj	375 gr	418 gr	542 gr
210 %	144 %	39 %	82 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
161 Kcal or 674 Kj	14 gr	16 gr	21 gr
8 %	6 %	2 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
524 Kcal or 2,194 Kj	47 gr	52 gr	68 gr
26 %	18 %	5 %	10 %

% 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, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 9.68 €
Per person : 1.21 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Thin spinach and potato tart, Spinach Mornay, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bourguignon potatoes , Salad lyonnaise, Dipping bread with cheese, Rabbit with mustard, Alsatian-style salad, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potato wallets, Kérinou slices, Crispy potato galette with leeks, Pork Chops with Rosemary, Butterfly pasta with smoked trout, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, Bisto-style canapés, Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, Pork escalope with mushrooms and sage cream, Mousse with two chocolates, ... All

Other recipes you may also like

Candied grapefruit peel

Not really a dessert, more a kind of sweet. After soakiing, strips of grapefruit skin are cooked very slowly to conservethem in sugar. It's a real treat with coffee at the end of a meal.
361K 14 1 day 1 hour 21 min. December 20^th 2018

Artichoke hearts forestier

This recipe is not very complicated, but does involve some work: an artichoke heart with a layer of mushroom duxelle, a layer of fried bacon, topped with a poached egg and cream sauce. Everything can be prepared in advance (the day before for example), but the final assembly should be done just...
260K5 1 hour 47 min. May 10^th 2023

Natural leaven

Leaven is a natural raising agent, a fermented mixture of water, flour and the microscopic yeasts which are present in the air. It's a delicate living substance, sensitive to the external environment. The recipe is around 4000 years old and dates back to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, via a beautiful...
1.7M 304.0 7 days 15 min. April 3^rd 2020

How to peel a pineapple

For most recipes it is necessary to completely peel the pineapple, and to keep only the flesh which is then often cut into small pieces. Here is a method.
199K3.7 20 min. February 21^th 2011

How to extract passion fruit juice

Passion fruit are rather strange fruit as they do not really have much flesh, but rather seeds surrounded by a fine layer of pulp. Here is a way to extract the juice.
509K 32.3 20 min. March 23^th 2011

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.