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.
40,3014.3/5 for 16 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: February 11th 2015
For 12 toasts, you will need:
- 0
12 slices bread - 1
120 g butter - 2
1 kg 50 g cooked spinach - 3
3 shallots - 4 90 g butter
- 5
6 hard-boiled eggs - 6
300 g Bechamel sauce - 7
120 g grated cheese - 8
salt - 9
pepper - Total weight: 2,655 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 14 min. | 19 min. | 33 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Eat straight from the oven.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 4 min.
Start by preparing the bread: remove the crusts, if you prefer, from 12 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 90 g butter into a frying pan on medium heat. When hot, add 3 shallots, finely chopped.
Salt and pepper, cook for one minute, then turn down the heat and add 1 kg 50 g cooked spinach.
Heat through while stirring.
Salt and pepper, cook for one minute, then turn down the heat and add 1 kg 50 g 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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,998 Kcal or 12,552 Kj | 134 gr | 488 gr | 290 gr |
| 150 % | 51 % | 46 % | 44 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 113 Kcal or 473 Kj | 5 gr | 18 gr | 11 gr |
| 6 % | 2 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per toasts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 250 Kcal or 1,047 Kj | 11 gr | 41 gr | 24 gr |
| 12 % | 4 % | 4 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 toasts : 8.28 €
- Per toasts : 0.69 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Gratin slices with spinach, Spinach Mornay, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, ... All |
 | Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moussaka, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Leek and Mimolette tart, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Croque-monsieur, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, How to fry eggs well, Kouign-amann, Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard , Spinach Croque-monsieur , ... All |
| Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Chard and potato gratin, Soufflée omelette with cheese, Avengers' potatoes, Moussaka, ... All |
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