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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

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 ¹⁄₃ cup butter
2 4 cups + 3 tablespoons cooked spinach
3 8 hard-boiled eggs
4 1 ¾ cup Bechamel sauce
5 1 cup grated cheese
6 ½ cup grated cheese (optional)

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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 4 cups + 3 tablespoons 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 1 ¾ cup Bechamel sauce and 1 cup 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.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

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
127 Kcal or 532 Kj	7 gr	5 gr	11 gr
6 %	3 %	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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 7.53 €
Per person : 0.94 €

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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: Salmon and spinach quiche, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Thin spinach and potato tart, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Endives , Harvest Gratin, Scallops au gratin, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Asparagus and spinach gratin, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Avengers' potatoes, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Ham "friand" pie, Italian style gratin, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple Batter Puddings, Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Kale and potato soup, Noisette butter, ... All

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