Name: Spinach Croque-monsieur
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 slices sandwich bread; 40 g butter; 80 g bechamel sauce; 4 hard-boiled eggs; 200 g cooked spinach; 150 g grated cheese

For 4 pieces, you will need:

1 8 slices sandwich bread
2 40 g butter
3 80 g bechamel sauce
4 4 hard-boiled eggs
5 200 g cooked spinach
6 150 g grated cheese
Total weight: 990 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 25 min.

Cooking: 20 min.

All in all: 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 4 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Butter the 8 slices sandwich bread on one side.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Spread bechamel sauce on the other side of each slice.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Put the cooked spinach on top...

Stage 4 - 5 min.

...then slices of hard-boiled egg.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Finish with the cheese: grated, sliced very thinly (if using a soft-paste cheese that melts easily, like Saint-Nectaire) or runny "hamburger" cheese.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Cover with a second slice of bread, butter side outwards.

Prepare all the sandwiches like this and arrange on a baking sheet.

Stage 7 - 20 min.

Toast in the oven for about 20 minutes until browned and the cheese has melted.

Stage 8

Serve hot with a little salad on the side.

Remarks

You can use different breads, such as seeded or wholemeal, rather than ordinary white sliced bread, which is often rather tasteless. If the bread you are using has crusts, trim these off with a serrated knife.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	350 RDI=140 %	1,450 RDI=140 %	340 RDI=50 %	2,180 RDI=110 %	9,120 RDI: 110 %
Per 100 g	40 RDI=10 %	150 RDI=10 %	30 RDI=5 %	220 RDI=10 %	920 RDI: 10 %
Per piece	90 RDI=30 %	360 RDI=30 %	90 RDI=10 %	540 RDI=30 %	2,280 RDI: 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Gluten, egg

How much will it cost?

For 4 pieces : 4.05 €
Per piece : 1.05 €

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