Spinach and Comté Loaf
For this savoury cake-style loaf, we use a plain basic mixture and add wilted spinach wth shallots and diced Comté cheese.
109 K 3.8/5 (43 reviews)
1 hour 15 min.
Easy
2 loaves
13 IngredientsLast modified on: April 17th 2016
For 2 loaves, you will need:
- 1
8 eggs - 2
2 cups flour - 3
1⁄3 cup butter - 4
1 ½ tablespoon baking powder - 5
1 cup olive oil - 6
salt - 7
pepper - 8
4 shallots - 9 1⁄3 cup butter
- 10
1 cup cooked spinach - 11
1 cup Comté cheese - 12 salt
- 13 pepper
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 50 min.
All in all: 1 hour 15 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Prepare the cake mixture
Put into a food-processor bowl: 8 eggs, 2 cups flour, 1⁄3 cup butter, 1 ½ tablespoon baking powder, 1 cup olive oil, salt and pepper.
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Melt 1⁄3 cup butter in a large frying pan, then add the shallots, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Add 1 cup cooked spinach and cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes to wilt and slightly "dry off" the spinach.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Dice 1 cup Comté cheese quite small.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Make the loaf
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Mix the spinach (when cold) and diced cheese into the batter.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Pour into a loaf tin or mould...
Stage 9 - 45 min.
Remarks
If you do not have any Comté, you can use another kind of cheese (Gruyère, Beaufort, etc.), or even opt for a quite different character by using goat's cheese.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 180 RDI=70 % | 310 RDI=30 % | 440 RDI=70 % | 5,270 RDI=260 % | 22,050 RDI: 260 % |
| Per 100 g | 10 RDI=4 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 30 RDI=4 % | 340 RDI=20 % | 1,430 RDI: 20 % |
| Per loaf | 90 RDI=30 % | 150 RDI=10 % | 220 RDI=30 % | 2,630 RDI=130 % | 11,020 RDI: 130 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 loaves : 7.75 €
- Per loaf : 3.90 €
Change currency: 
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)
Flour
Like these other recipes: Pitta bread, Financier batter, Chocolate almond cookies, Far Normandy-Brittany, Tea and white chocolate biscuits, ... See them all 201
Olive oil
Like these other recipes: Two-olive ciabatta, Warm lentil salad, Mexican ceviche, Cajun pork with rice., Eggs meurette, ... See them all 519
Cooked spinach
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Thin spinach and potato tart, Langres-style spinach, ... See them all 36
Comté cheese
Like these other recipes: Hearty potato and ham gratin, Bistro celery salad, Grandma's salad, Small cheese and bacon rolls , Gnocchi alla romana, ... See them all 40
Other recipes you may also like
Caramelised apple pie
Apple pie made with caramelised apples.September 11th 2018260 K4.3 1 hour 55 min.
Toasted almond cake
A layer cake, with toasted almonds in the chocolate part.July 5th 2016243 K4.4 2 hours 2 min.
Chocolate tart
As you can see, there's very little added sugar in this recipe, so it's a very chocolatey and bitter-sweet tart.November 16th 2013295 K 15 2 hours 30 min.
Exotic fruit tart
An exotic fruit tart (bananas, kiwi and pineapple), with crisp pastry and almond cream which are cooked beforehand. It's a rather simple recipe, but the final result will impress your guests.May 27th 2020322 K5 2 hours 25 min.
Flambéd bananas
The trick of this recipe is to end up with bananas caramelised on the outside, still firm on the inside, coated with a tasty syrup which is not 95% butter.February 21th 2011328 K 14 40 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-05-25)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.