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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).

9,1443.2/5 for 6 ratings

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Last modified on: February 27^th 2019

For 12 people, you will need:

1 90 g butter
2 1 kg 500 g cooked spinach
3 12 hard-boiled eggs
4 600 g Bechamel sauce
5 300 g grated cheese
6 150 g grated cheese (optional)
Total weight: 3,240 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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Time required for this recipe:

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

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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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 500 g cooked spinach in the bottom.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Slice 12 hard-boiled eggs and arrange on top of the spinach.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Mix 600 g Bechamel sauce and 300 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
4,405 Kcal or 18,443 Kj	202 gr	167 gr	332 gr
220 %	78 %	16 %	50 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
136 Kcal or 569 Kj	6 gr	5 gr	10 gr
7 %	2 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
367 Kcal or 1,537 Kj	17 gr	14 gr	28 gr
18 %	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 12 people : 12.79 €
Per person : 1.07 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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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: Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Spinach fritters, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Spinach brik parcels, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach on toast with bechamel, Scallops au gratin, Bolognaise lasagne, Italian style gratin, Croque-monsieur, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed baguette , Oxtail Parmentier, Quick stuffed courgettes, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Algerian brik rolls, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tatin apples with mascarpone cream, Nanou's chocolate cake, Dublin fruit scones, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Panettone, ... All

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