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Fresh spinach with cream

Name: Fresh spinach with cream
Prep time: 1 h 31 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 1 h 43 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g fresh spinach; 4 hard-boiled eggs; 1 shallot; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 200 ml liquid cream; Salt; Pepper

Fresh spinach, simply wilted, reheated in a sauce of thickened cream with shallot, and served with quarters of hard-boiled egg.

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Duration

1 hour 50 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 18^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 500 g fresh spinach
2 4 hard-boiled eggs
3 1 shallot
4 2 tablespoons olive oil
5 200 ml liquid cream
6 Salt
7 Pepper
Total weight: 955 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

1 hour 35 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

1 hour 50 min.

Preparation 1 hour 35 min.

Cooking 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 1 hour 9 min.

Prepare 500 g fresh spinach, and set aside.

Step 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Chop finely 1 shallot.

Step 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a pan on medium heat, and when hot add the chopped shallot, season and cook 1 or 2 minutes.

Step 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour 200 ml liquid cream into the pan, season again.

Step 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

As soon as the cream boils, add the spinach.

Step 6 - ⌛ 10 min.

Turn down the heat and leave the cream to thicken slowly, stirring gently from time to time to separate the spinach leaves.

This gentle cooking takes about 10 minutes. Then check seasoning.

Heat plates.

Step 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cut 4 hard-boiled eggs into quarters lengthways.

Step 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Divide the spinach between the plates, arrange the eggs on top, and pour over the cream from the pan.

Remarks

The spinach and hard-boiled eggs can be prepared several hours beforehand, or the previous day. In this case leave the spinach in a dish on absorbant paper, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=7 %	3 g RDI=1 %	11 g RDI=16 %	132 kcal RDI=7 %	551 kJ RDI=7 %
Per person	11 g RDI=16 %	7 g RDI=3 %	27 g RDI=38 %	313 kcal RDI=16 %	1,313 kJ RDI=16 %
Whole recipe	42 g RDI=65 %	27 g RDI=10 %	110 g RDI=150 %	1,254 kcal RDI=63 %	5,250 kJ RDI=63 %