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Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk

The combination of eggs with spinach is always a winner, but this recipe elevates it to another level with the original and delicious flavour added by the Comté milk.

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Last modified on: January 19^th 2022

Keywords for this recipe:Spinach Egg Comté Milk Mof

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

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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.

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Prepare 400 g cooked spinach and 4 Poached eggs. Keep them hot and heat the plates (important).

Stage 2 - 5 min.

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The Comté milk

Grate 150 g Comté cheese, but not too finely.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

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Pour 250 ml whole milk into a small saucepan on medium heat. Pepper lightly and bring to a simmer.

Stage 4

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Add the grated Comté a little at a time, stirring constantly...

Stage 5 - 5 min.

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...until it is all gradually melted in.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

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Finish with a quick blast from a blender to emulsify.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

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Dressing the plates

On the hot plates, arrange a bed of cooked spinach.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

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Sit a hot poached egg (or 2 if you have a hearty appetite) on top.

Stage 9 - 4 min.

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Pour a generous amount of Comté milk over.

Stage 10

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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 %

% 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 : 4.79 €
Per person : 1.20 €

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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: Asparagus and spinach gratin, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, ... All
	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fresh mint ice-cream, Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), Pistachio ice cream, Milk rolls, Cheese Soufflé, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Jura bread, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, Involtinis, Courgettes (zuchinis) , ... All
	Poached eggs: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs meurette, Eggs Arsène, Eggs Benedict , Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Tartine du pêcheur , ... All

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