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Spinach Mornay

This gratin is made with a layer of pre-cooked spinach, then sliced hard-boiled eggs and a Mornay sauce (an enriched bechamel with cheese).

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Last modified on: February 27^th 2019

For 8 people, you will need:

0 60 g butter
1 1 kg cooked spinach
2 8 hard-boiled eggs
3 400 g Bechamel sauce
4 200 g grated cheese
5 100 g grated cheese (optional)
Total weight: 2,160 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	25 min.	40 min.

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Keeping:

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C)

Butter a gratin dish.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Spread 1 kg cooked spinach in the bottom.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Slice 8 hard-boiled eggs and arrange on top of the spinach.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Mix 400 g Bechamel sauce and 200 g grated cheese, then pour over the eggs.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

For a browner top, you can add a little more more grated cheese.

Stage 6 - 25 min.

Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until nicely browned on top.

Remarks

This recipe is very approximate, so do feel free to adapt the quantities to whatever you have to hand.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,616 Kcal or 10,953 Kj	134 gr	111 gr	221 gr
131 %	52 %	10 %	34 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
121 Kcal or 507 Kj	6 gr	5 gr	10 gr
6 %	2 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
327 Kcal or 1,369 Kj	17 gr	14 gr	28 gr
16 %	6 %	1 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 8.53 €
Per person : 1.07 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

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: Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Feta and spinach brik pie, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Spinach brik parcels, Spinach on toast with bechamel, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Ham "friand" pie, Italian style gratin, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Spinach Croque-monsieur , ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed baguette , Breton galettes (pancakes), Cheese Soufflé, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Croque-monsieur, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Toffee apple upside-down cake, Onion fondue, Pavlova, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Béarnaise sauce, ... All

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