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Spinach on toast with bechamel
A slice of buttered toast, layers of spinach and sliced hard-boiled egg, topped with bechamel sauce and grated cheese, then browned in the oven.
70 K 4.3/5 (16 reviews)
35 min.
Easy
8 toasts
10 IngredientsLast modified on: February 11th 2015
For 8 toasts, you will need:
- 1
8 slices bread - 2
½ cup butter - 3
3 cups cooked spinach - 4
2 shallots - 5 1⁄3 cup butter
- 6
4 hard-boiled eggs - 7
1 cup bechamel sauce - 8
½ cup grated cheese - 9
salt - 10
pepper
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 35 min.
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: 19:00.Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 4 min.
Start by preparing the bread: remove the crusts, if you prefer, from 8 slices bread, then butter lightly on both sides.
Stage 2 - 4 min.
In a very hot frying pan, fry the bread on both sides...
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Pour 1⁄3 cup butter into a frying pan on medium heat. When hot, add 2 shallots, finely chopped.
Salt and pepper, cook for one minute, then turn down the heat and add 3 cups cooked spinach.
Heat through while stirring.
Salt and pepper, cook for one minute, then turn down the heat and add 3 cups cooked spinach.
Heat through while stirring.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Divide the spinach between the toast slices.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Cover with slices of hard-boiled egg...
Stage 7 - 4 min.
...then top with bechamel sauce and, finally, the grated cheese.
Stage 8 - 10 min.
Cook in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes until the top begins to brown.
Serve piping hot.
Serve piping hot.
Remarks
For a sharper flavour, trickle a few drops of vinaigrette over the top after cooking.
Keeping: Eat straight from the oven.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 780 RDI=300 % | 4,900 RDI=460 % | 440 RDI=70 % | 3,250 RDI=160 % | 13,600 RDI: 160 % |
| Per 100 g | 40 RDI=20 % | 280 RDI=30 % | 20 RDI=4 % | 180 RDI=9 % | 770 RDI: 9 % |
| Per toasts | 100 RDI=40 % | 610 RDI=60 % | 50 RDI=8 % | 410 RDI=20 % | 1,700 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 toasts : 5.55 €
- Per toasts : 0.70 €
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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 brik parcels, Spinach Omelette, Eggs Florentine, Salmon and spinach quiche, Langres-style spinach, ... See them all 36
Bechamel sauce
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Thin spinach and potato tart, Potato and broccoli gratin, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Croque-monsieur, Chard and potato gratin, ... See them all 31
Grated cheese
Like these other recipes: Hachis parmentier, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Stuffed baguette , Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, White bean gratin "à l'italienne", ... See them all 73
Butter
Like these other recipes: Tatin apple diplomat tart, Caramelized apple rice pudding, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Tatin apples with mascarpone cream, Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, ... See them all 471
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