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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 4 people, you will need:

1 4 tablespoons olive oil
2 2 shallots
3 5 ¼ cups mushrooms
4 1 ¾ cup cooked spinach
5 ¼ cup cream
6 ²⁄₃ cup Pesto
7 salt
8 pepper

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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 4 tablespoons olive oil and when it is hot add 2 shallots minced.

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

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Add prepared and chopped 5 ¼ cups 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 1 ¾ cup cooked spinach...

Stage 5 - 4 min.

... then ¼ cup 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
1,008 Kcal or 4,220 Kj	42 gr	55 gr	152 gr
50 %	16 %	5 %	23 %

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 4 people : 7.90 €
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: Quick flaky pizza, Mushroom and artichoke omelette, Mixed salad, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Kérinou slices, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise", Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, ... All
	Pesto: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti with tomatoes and pesto, Olive and pesto bread, Fried egg in bread, Genoese croque-monsieur, Pesto crackers, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tartiflette, Potatoes with prawns, Spaghetti Carbonara, Montagnon rice, Potato and cheese pie, ... All

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