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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 12 people, you will need:

1 92.88 ml butter
2 1 litre 500 ml cooked spinach
3 12 hard-boiled eggs
4 600 mls Mornay Sauce
5 150 mls grated cheese (optional)

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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 litre 500 ml 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.

Pour 600 mls 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
3,997 Kcal or 16,735 Kj	682 gr	917 gr	974 gr
200 %	262 %	86 %	148 %

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 12 people : 9.17 €
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: Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Crispy spinach rolls, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Parcels of fish fillet in 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: Brioche dough, Hazelnut and orange cake, Avocado mousse with sorrel, Naan, Spicy roast cauliflower gratin, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caesar salad, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Bistro-style cabbage salad, Cauliflower and egg salad, Mimosa eggs, ... All

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