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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.
118 K 3.8/5 (43 reviews)
1 hour 15 min.
Easy
1 loaf
13 IngredientsLast modified on: April 17th 2016
For 1 loaf, you will need:
- 1
4 eggs - 2
1 cup flour - 3
2 tablespoons butter - 4
1 tablespoon baking powder - 5
½ cup olive oil - 6
salt - 7
pepper - 8
2 shallots - 9 2 tablespoons butter
- 10
½ cup cooked spinach - 11
½ cup Comté cheese - 12 salt
- 13 pepper
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 50 min.
All in all: 1 hour 15 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Prepare the cake mixture
Put into a food-processor bowl: 4 eggs, 1 cup flour, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon baking powder, ½ cup olive oil, salt and pepper.
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Melt 2 tablespoons 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 ½ 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 ½ 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.
Note: As always with cakes, if you want a nice opening on top when baking, try this very effective trick.
Note: As always with cakes, if you want a nice opening on top when baking, try this very effective trick.
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 | 90 RDI=30 % | 150 RDI=10 % | 220 RDI=30 % | 2,630 RDI=130 % | 11,020 RDI: 130 % |
| Per 100 g | 10 RDI=4 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 30 RDI=4 % | 340 RDI=20 % | 1,430 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 loaf : 3.90 €
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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: Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Buckwheat almond biscuits, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Génoise (Genoa sponge), Chocolate almond cookies, ... See them all 204
Comté cheese
Like these other recipes: Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Gnocchi alla romana, Escalope cordon bleu, Potato gratin, ... See them all 42
Olive oil
Like these other recipes: Shakshuka, Herb olive oil, Broad bean salad with Parmesan, Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, ... See them all 535
Cooked spinach
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Spinach parmentier, Crispy spinach rolls, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , ... See them all 36
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