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Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto

For this simple recipe, thinly sliced and sautéed mushrooms, accompanied by cooked spinach, are combined with a pesto sauce.

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Last modified on: May 10^th 2023

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 8 tablespoons olive oil
2 4 shallots
3 1 kg mushrooms
4 800 g cooked spinach
5 100 g cream
6 300 g Pesto
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 2,420 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
4 min.	13 min.	17 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

In a saucepan over medium heat, pour in 8 tablespoons olive oil and when it is hot add 4 shallots minced.

Add salt and pepper, cook for 1 minute without browning.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Add prepared and chopped 1 kg mushrooms, salt again and mix well...

Stage 3 - 8 min.

...and cook to your liking, typically until the mushrooms have run out of water.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 800 g cooked spinach...

Stage 5 - 4 min.

... then 100 g cream.

Stir and cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cream has reduced.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Remove from heat and add Ing5, mix well, ready.

Stage 7

Serve alone or with pasta or rice for example.

Remarks

You can use a classic pesto, or a variation like coriander-cashew pesto or tomato pesto sauce.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,016 Kcal or 8,441 Kj	83 gr	109 gr	304 gr
101 %	32 %	10 %	46 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
83 Kcal or 348 Kj	3 gr	5 gr	13 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
252 Kcal or 1,055 Kj	10 gr	14 gr	38 gr
13 %	4 %	1 %	6 %

% 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

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 15.80 €
Per person : 1.98 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Mixed salad with curry mayo, "Land and sea" kebabs, Bolognaise lasagne, Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Spinach on toast with bechamel, ... All
	Pesto: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Italian toast, Genoese croque-monsieur, Loaf for "les filles'", Pasta with pesto and preserved tomatoes, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie., Tuna pasta, Tartiflette, ... All

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