For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
400 g cooked spinach - 2
4 Poached eggs - 3
150 g Comté cheese - 4
250 ml whole milk - 5
salt - 6
pepper - Total weight: 1,000 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 57 min. | 10 min. | 1 hour 7 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 40 min.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
The Comté milk
Grate 150 g Comté cheese, but not too finely.Stage 3 - 5 min.
Pour 250 ml whole milk into a small saucepan on medium heat. Pepper lightly and bring to a simmer.
Stage 4
Add the grated Comté a little at a time, stirring constantly...
Stage 5 - 5 min.
...until it is all gradually melted in.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Finish with a quick blast from a blender to emulsify.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Dressing the plates
On the hot plates, arrange a bed of cooked spinach.Stage 8 - 2 min.
Sit a hot poached egg (or 2 if you have a hearty appetite) on top.
Stage 9 - 4 min.
Pour a generous amount of Comté milk over.
Stage 10
Serve immediately, leaving your guests to split open the egg themselves, or do this just before serving.
Remarks
The spinach and poached eggs can be prepared in advance, just leaving the Comté milk to make at the last minute.
Keeping
Should be eaten right away.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 899 Kcal or 3,764 Kj | 76 gr | 23 gr | 72 gr |
| 45 % | 29 % | 2 % | 11 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 90 Kcal or 377 Kj | 8 gr | 2 gr | 7 gr |
| 4 % | 3 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 225 Kcal or 942 Kj | 19 gr | 6 gr | 18 gr |
| 11 % | 7 % | 1 % | 3 % |
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Source
Home made, based on a recipe by Romuald Fassenet (Meilleur Ouvrier de France)
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Salmon and spinach quiche, Spinach Croque-monsieur , Feta and spinach brik pie, ... All |
 | Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio custard tart, Chantilly rice pudding, Parisian-style chocolate custard tart, Cheese Soufflé, Gnocchi alla romana, ... All |
 | Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hearty potato and ham gratin, Mozzarella pasta bake, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Montlebon toast, Salmon and spinach quiche, ... All |
 | Poached eggs: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Arsène, Eggs meurette, Fried bread with leek and poached egg , Eggs Benedict , Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, ... All |
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