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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 21^th 2024

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 4 shallots
2 4 tablespoons oil
3 300 g small pieces of smoked bacon
4 500 g cream
5 800 g cooked spinach
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 1,760 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
5 min.	26 min.	31 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare and slice 4 shallots.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

In a large saucepan over medium heat, pour in 4 tablespoons oil and when hot, add 300 g small pieces of smoked bacon.

Toast, stirring occasionally.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Add the shallots and cook for 1 minute with the bacon, stirring constantly.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Add 500 g cream, salt and mix well.

Bring to the boil, and check seasoning.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Add 800 g cooked spinach, stir well and turn down the heat.

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.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,103 Kcal or 17,178 Kj	203 gr	277 gr	526 gr
205 %	78 %	26 %	80 %

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 %

% 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 : 7.15 €
Per person : 0.89 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Salmon and spinach quiche, Feta and spinach brik pie, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Courgette tart with mint, Apple macaronade, Chocolate rolls (petits pains), ... All
	Small pieces of smoked bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Veal Marengo, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Endives "bonne femme", Eggs meurette, Comtois surprise bread, ... All
	Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", Curried tuna cubes, Montagnon rice, Escalopes in a sesame crust, ... All

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