Easy Creamed Spinach No Cream

Name: Easy Creamed Spinach No Cream
Ingredients: 450 grams baby spinach leaves washed and dried and shredded; 1 onion chopped; 3 cloves garlic chopped fine; Butter for frying; 2 Tbs flour; 1/3 cup butter; 1 cup milk; Salt to taste; Pepper to taste; 1 pinch ground nutmeg; 1 pinch cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese to serve

11 steps

No cream needed for this recipe.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:41:13 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories993.7 kcal (50%)

Total Fat81.3 g (116%)

Carbs52.6 g (20%)

Sugars18 g (20%)

Protein25 g (50%)

Sodium1239.4 mg (62%)

Fiber12.5 g (45%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

0 servings

450 gramsbaby spinach leaves

washed and dried and shredded

3 clovesgarlic

For Sauce

2 Tbsflour

⅓ cupbutter

1 cupmilk

1 pinchground nutmeg

1 pinchcayenne pepper

2 tablespoonsparmesan cheese

to serve

Instructions

Step 1

Fry onion in a little butter and cook until transparent (about 2-3 minutes), then add the garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds) and set aside.

Step 2

Instructions Melt 1/3 cup of butter in a medium pot over medium heat.

Step 3

Whisk in the 2 tbsp flour and cook for a couple of minutes until light golden.

Step 4

Pour in the cup of milk, whisking constantly until the white sauce thickens (about 5 minutes).

Step 5

Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne.

Step 6

If the sauce is too thick, add another 1/4 cup of milk to the sauce, whisking it through until reaching your desired thickness.

Step 7

For the spinach: melt a little butter in a separate pan, and add spinach in batches, wilting each batch before adding the next, until all spinach is wilted.

Step 8

(Add a small spoon of water if the pan gets too dry).

Step 9

Season the cream sauce with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne.

Step 10

Add wilted spinach to the cream sauce, stirring gently to combine.

Step 11

Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve immediately.