Langres-style spinach
Spinach in a creamy sauce with Langres cheese and lardons, served with hard-boiled eggs.
14K
Last modified on: April 24th 2022
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
200 ml cheese - 2
2 shallots - 3
2 spring onions (scallions) - 4
300 ml small pieces of bacon - 5
200 ml liquid cream - 6
1 litre 200 ml cooked spinach - 7
8 hard-boiled eggs - 8
salt - 9
pepper
How long does 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 200 ml cheese (Langres if possible) into small pieces.
Prepare 2 shallots and chop.
Prepare and slice 2 spring onions (scallions).
Set aside.
Prepare 2 shallots and chop.
Prepare and slice 2 spring onions (scallions).
Set aside.
Stage 2 - 8 min.
Fry 300 ml 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 200 ml liquid cream, then the pieces of cheese.
Stage 5 - 8 min.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Add 1 litre 200 ml cooked spinach, turn down the heat and mix well.
Leave to thicken slightly if necessary.
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 |
| 3,481 Kcal or 14,574 Kj | 135 gr | 89 gr | 338 gr |
| 174 % | 52 % | 8 % | 51 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 134 Kcal or 561 Kj | 5 gr | 3 gr | 13 gr |
| 7 % | 2 % | <1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 435 Kcal or 1,821 Kj | 17 gr | 11 gr | 42 gr |
| 22 % | 6 % | 1 % | 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 9.68 €
- Per person : 1.21 €
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: Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach Mornay, ... All |
 | Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Maroilles cheese quiche, Gratin du Nord, Alsatian-style salad, Fougasse with bacon and Comté, ... All |
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Endive and cheese salad with croutons, Hamburgers, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Aligot, Potato and cheese pie, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, Madras rice, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Hearty potato and ham gratin, ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
Blanquette of veal
Blanquette is a classic dish of French family cooking, but can also be found in bistros. Veal is cooked slowly, and the sauce is thickened with a mixture of egg yolks and cream. I have set out a rather special way of making it.405K4.4 2 hours 49 min. February 5th 2015
Passion fruit jellies
Usually to make fruit jellies or (fruit "paste"), it's like jam but you need to cook fruit pulp and sugar much longer. Unfortunately, this long cooking is bad for both vitamins and flavour. In this recipe we use a special jam gelling agent, to reduce cooking time as much as possible .320K4 2 hours 30 min. July 4th 2018
French croissants
In this famous and highly technical recipe from a piece of yeast-based flaky dough we are going to cut and shape ("roll") croissants.607K 24.4 2 hours 34 min. June 26th 2019
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 3rd 2020
Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis
A small chocolate cake, still runny in the middle, served with a raspberry coulis.323K5 1 hour 21 min. October 3rd 2010
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2024-05-05)
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.