Spinach & Ricotta Gratin · Thyme for Cooking

The theme for Monday posts in Could is Spring Greens – the remainder.

We are likely to deal with asparagus this time of 12 months, however there are different nice greens, some acquainted and a few not, which might be out there now.

I’ll put up a few of our favorites this month.

Third for the month: Spinach.

Spinach salads grew to become extremely popular within the U.S. whereas we nonetheless lived there. I don’t see them on menus fairly often right here however one can all the time purchase spinach within the salad part on the supermarkets.

I really like spinach salads and used to plant numerous spinach in my potager. However then the ants moved in and began transferring their aphids onto my spinach and I conceded defeat.

I purchase it now – freshly picked for salads and spinach gratins within the spring and early summer season.

In winter I exploit frozen for the gratins…. This one is for spring.

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Spinach & Ricotta Gratin

This simple Recent Spinach Gratin will even please the ‘spinach haters’. The recipe can simply be doubled or tripled…. simply pile it in and bake

• Creator: Kate
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook dinner Time: half-hour
• Complete Time: 40 minutes
• Yield: 4 servings 1x
• Class: Greens

• 16oz (450gr) recent spinach, cleaned, roughly chopped
• 4 tbs flour
• 4 tbs butter, tender
• 1/2 cup (4oz 125gr) ricotta cheese
• 1/3 cup (3oz, 90gr) milk
• 2 eggs
• pinch of nutmeg

• In massive bowl combine all substances besides spinach.
• When you’ve got a sticky paste add the spinach and blend effectively.
• Put right into a buttered gratin dish and bake at 375F (190 C) for about half-hour.
• Serve from the baking dish.

Notes

Mound it excessive within the gratin dish earlier than baking as it can compact so much because it cooks.
Mixing the substances is a messy job however fingers work one of the best.

Vitamin

• Serving Measurement: 1/4 recipe
• Energy: 259
• Sugar: 1.7 g
• Sodium: 162.6 mg
• Fats: 19 g
• Saturated Fats: 11 g
• Trans Fats: 0 g
• Carbohydrates: 12.5 g
• Fiber: 2.8 g
• Protein: 11.5 g
• Ldl cholesterol: 141 mg

Key phrases: spinach, spinach gratin, ricotta

This can be a extra conventional Spinach Gratin, with bread crumbs & cheese.

That’s it !