Creamed Spinach Gratin
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Try not to just scoop the cheese off the top when you make it. Different and tasty way to make the dreaded spinach,Bet the kids will come back for seconds,
Ingredients
- 2 10oz packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed shopping list
- 1 tbsp butter shopping list
- 1/2 tbsp olive oil shopping list
- 1 shallot, diced shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- 3/4 cup heavy cream shopping list
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg, freshly ground or grated shopping list
- 1/2 cup parmigiano reggiano, freshly grated shopping list
- 1/2 cup pecorino romano, freshly grated shopping list
- 2/3 cup fontina, shredded shopping list
- 2/3 cup panko shopping list
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Lightly grease a glass or ceramic loaf pan.
- Mix together all of the different cheeses.
- Set cheese mixture aside for later. Heat a large pan over medium heat.
- Add the butter and olive oil.
- Once the butter has melted and the oils are hot, add the shallot and garlic to the pan.
- Sweat the shallot and garlic for 4-5 minutes.
- Do not allow any caramelization, if they start to brown, reduce heat. Add the heavy cream and nutmeg to the pan and raise the heat to medium-high.
- Allow mixture to reduce for about 5-6 minutes.
- While the cream is reducing, place the thawed spinach into a clean dish towel and ring out as much of the water as you can.
- Add the spinach, nutmeg, and 1/2 of cheese mixture to the reduced cream.
- Stir to combine, then taste the creamed spinach.
- Season with kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste. Pour the creamed spinach into the greased loaf pan.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese mixture evenly over the top of the spinach, then do the same with the panko.
- Bake the gratin at 450 degrees for 10-15 minutes until the cheesey top layer is melty and golden.
- Serve hot.
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
YOU are killing me with these recipes!
recipediva
in Pittsburgh loved it
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I just love this! I always buy Stoffer's Spinach Souffle, but this tops that by a mile,thanks so much for the great recipe!
maureenlaw
in ST LOUIS loved it
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