Baked Spinach

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A recipe from allrecipes.com Germany

Ingredients

• 1.4 kg of fresh, young spinach leaves
• 300 ml whole milk
• 250 ml double cream
• 50 g butter
• 2 small shallots, finely diced
• 30 g flour
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• Salt
• Pepper
• 30 g grated pecorino
• 25 g breadcrumbs

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the milk and double cream in a saucepan over medium heat heat, stirring occasionally.
In the meantime, put butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat and when melted place shallots in the pan stirring for about 5 minutes until soft. Stir in flour and cook for 3 minutes. Pour in the hot milk mixture, stirring constantly. Simmer 3-4 minutes, stirring until the sauce thickens. Add the spinach and nutmeg and season with salt and pepper.
Place the spinach mixture into an ovenproof dish and sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs.
Grill about 5 minutes on crispy brown.