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.
36,9604.3/5 for 16 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: February 11th 2015
For 4 toasts, you will need:
- 1
4 slices bread - 2
1.5 oz butter - 3
12.3 oz cooked spinach - 4
1 shallot - 5 1.1 oz butter
- 6
2 hard-boiled eggs - 7
3.5 oz Bechamel sauce - 8
1.4 oz grated cheese - 9
salt - 10
pepper
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 4 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 1.1 oz butter into a frying pan on medium heat. When hot, add 1 shallot, finely chopped.
Salt and pepper, cook for one minute, then turn down the heat and add 12.3 oz cooked spinach.
Heat through while stirring.
Salt and pepper, cook for one minute, then turn down the heat and add 12.3 oz 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 |
| 1,697 Kcal or 7,105 Kj | 45 gr | 163 gr | 97 gr |
| 85 % | 17 % | 15 % | 15 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 192 Kcal or 804 Kj | 5 gr | 18 gr | 11 gr |
| 10 % | 2 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per toasts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 424 Kcal or 1,775 Kj | 11 gr | 41 gr | 24 gr |
| 21 % | 4 % | 4 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 toasts : 2.74 €
- Per toasts : 0.69 €
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 ricotta ravioli, Spinach Mornay, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Spinach and Comté Loaf, ... All |
 | Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scallops au gratin, Gratin slices with spinach, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Bolognaise lasagne, Ham "friand" pie, ... All |
| Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Breton Pie, Moussaka, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Spinach Mornay, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cheese Soufflé, Milk rolls, Chestnut cake, Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Cocotte eggs with Comté, ... All |
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