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.
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Last modified on: February 11th 2015
For 12 toasts, you will need:
- 1
12 slices bread - 2
120 g butter - 3
1 kg 50 g cooked spinach - 4
3 shallots - 5 90 g butter
- 6
6 hard-boiled eggs - 7
300 g Bechamel sauce - 8
120 g grated cheese - 9
salt - 10
pepper - Total weight: 2,655 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: Eat straight from the oven.
| 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?
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
How much will it cost?
- For 12 toasts : 8.21 €
- Per toasts : 0.68 €
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: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Spinach fritters, ... All |
 | Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Croque-monsieur, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Moussaka, Italian style gratin, Leek and Mimolette tart, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Steamed leeks with morel sabayon, Apple and almond gratin, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), X-Files cookies, ... All |
| Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Pollack Parmentier, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin", Vegetable clafoutis, ... All |
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