Spinach à la Lorraine
Smoked bacon, shallots and cream to accompany spinach cooked separately, to form a very gourmet dish.
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Last modified on: February 21th 2024
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
1 shallot - 2
1 tablespoon oil - 3
0 kg 2 g small pieces of smoked bacon - 4
0 kg 4 g cream - 5
0 kg 7 g cooked spinach - 6
salt - 7
pepper
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 5 min. | 26 min. | 31 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 10 min.
In a large saucepan over medium heat, pour in 1 tablespoon oil and when hot, add 0 kg 2 g small pieces of smoked bacon.
Toast, stirring occasionally.
Toast, stirring occasionally.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Add the shallots and cook for 1 minute with the bacon, stirring constantly.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Add 0 kg 7 g cooked spinach, stir well and turn down the heat.
Let the cream reduce gently to your liking, then check the seasoning again.
Let the cream reduce gently to your liking, then check the seasoning again.
Stage 6
Your spinach à la Lorraine is ready.
Remarks
Smoked bacon isn't absolutely essential, but it's much better.
You can add a few toasted croutons just before serving.
You can add a few toasted croutons just before serving.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,026 Kcal or 4,296 Kj | 51 gr | 69 gr | 132 gr |
| 51 % | 20 % | 7 % | 20 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 233 Kcal or 976 Kj | 12 gr | 16 gr | 30 gr |
| 12 % | 4 % | 1 % | 5 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 513 Kcal or 2,148 Kj | 25 gr | 35 gr | 66 gr |
| 26 % | 10 % | 3 % | 10 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 1.79 €
- Per person : 0.90 €
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 fritters, Langres-style spinach, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Quartet of brassicas with cream , Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Crispy spinach rolls, Tarte à l'coloche, ... All |
 | Small pieces of smoked bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Veal Marengo, Salad paysanne, Comtois surprise bread, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Stuffed baguette , ... All |
 | Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Arsène, Comtois surprise bread, Tournedos Rossini, Bistro-style cabbage salad, Chicken "cantina", ... All |
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