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).
57K 3.1/5 based on 8 reviews
Last modified on: June 13th 2024
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
61.92 ml butter - 2
1 litre cooked spinach - 3
8 hard-boiled eggs - 4
400 ml Mornay Sauce - 5
100 ml grated cheese (optional)
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 15 min. | 25 min. | 40 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Spread 1 litre 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 ml 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 6.11 €
- Per person : 0.76 €
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)
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Langres-style spinach, Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, ... All |
 | Mornay Sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mornay onion tart, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clementine confectioner's custard, Gratin Parmentier, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Caramel semolina pudding with raisins, Crispy prawn rolls, ... All |
 | Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Piedmont salad, Jerusalem artichoke salad, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Pea and avocado salad, Caesar salad, ... All |
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