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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: June 13^th 2024

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 60 g butter
2 1 kg cooked spinach
3 8 hard-boiled eggs
4 400 g Mornay Sauce
5 100 g grated cheese (optional)
Total weight: 1,860 grams

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

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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.

Pour 400 g Mornay Sauce 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.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,664 Kcal or 11,154 Kj	454 gr	611 gr	649 gr
133 %	175 %	58 %	98 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
143 Kcal or 599 Kj	24 gr	33 gr	35 gr
7 %	9 %	3 %	5 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
333 Kcal or 1,394 Kj	57 gr	76 gr	81 gr
17 %	22 %	7 %	12 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 6.11 €
Per person : 0.76 €

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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, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach à la Lorraine, Salmon and spinach quiche, ... All
	Mornay Sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, Mornay onion tart, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Viennese Shortbread, Creamy polenta with green asparagus, Endive and beer soup, French onion soup, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Very green mixed salad, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Bistro-style red endive salad, Piedmont salad, Roasted leeks with pesto, ... All

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