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Asparagus and spinach gratin

A quick vegetable gratin made with asparagus and spinach cooked beforehand, in a bechamel sauce and topped with slivers of Brie.

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Last modified on: June 20^th 2021

Keywords for this recipe:Spinach Asparagus Bechamel Cheese Gratin Brie

For 4 people, you will need:

1 300 g asparagus
2 300 g cooked spinach
3 250 g Bechamel sauce
4 50 g cheese
Total weight: 900 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
37 min.	25 min.	1 hour 2 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Asparagus and spinach gratin : Photo of step #1

Prepare 300 g asparagus and cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Asparagus and spinach gratin : Photo of step #2

Coarsely chop 300 g cooked spinach.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Asparagus and spinach gratin : Photo of step #3

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Mix the asparagus and spinach in a bowl with 250 g Bechamel sauce.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Asparagus and spinach gratin : Photo of step #4

Put the mixture into a buttered gratin dish in an even layer.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Asparagus and spinach gratin : Photo of step #5

Cover with thin sliced of Brie.

Note: remove the Brie rind if you prefer.

Stage 6 - 25 min.

Asparagus and spinach gratin : Photo of step #6

Bake for about 25 minutes.

Remarks

If you don't have Brie, use another similar style of cheese, such as Camembert.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
756 Kcal or 3,165 Kj	37 gr	62 gr	52 gr
38 %	14 %	6 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
84 Kcal or 352 Kj	4 gr	7 gr	6 gr
4 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
189 Kcal or 791 Kj	9 gr	16 gr	13 gr
9 %	4 %	1 %	2 %

% 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 4 people : 3.85 €
Per person : 0.96 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Asparagus: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Filet mignon with asparagus, Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, How to prepare asparagus, Asparagus "en petit pois", White asparagus salad, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Langres-style spinach, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ham "friand" pie, Potato and broccoli gratin, Italian style gratin, Gratin slices with spinach, Endives , ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur complet, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Winemaker's toast, Potato wallets, ... All

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