Creamed Spinach

🥘 Ingredients

• English cheddar
  4 oz
• Gruyere
  4 oz
• Parmesan cheese
  2 Tbsp
• all-purpose flour
  2 oz
• garlic
  2 Tbsp
• hot sauce
  1 dash
• lemon juice
  1 Tbsp
• lemon zest
  1
• milk
  4 c
• parsley
  2 Tbsp
• pepper
• red onion, diced
  1 c
• salt
• spinach
  1 lb
• unsalted butter
  4 oz

🍳 Cookware

• potato ricer
• kitchen towel
• saucepan
• buttered lasagna pan

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 275°F.
2. 2

   Remove the stems of the spinach leaves and steam in salty boiling water for about ⏱️ 1.5 minutes . Plunge them in ice water to stop the cooking process, and squeeze as much water as possible using a potato ricer or your hands, or a kitchen towel .

   spinach: 1 lb
3. 3

   In a saucepan , heat the unsalted butter , add the red onion, diced and cook for a couple of minutes. Add the all-purpose flour and cook for a couple more minutes. Add the milk and cook for 5 to ⏱️ 7 minutes at low heat and season to taste with salt and pepper . Add the spinach and mix very well. Add garlic , hot sauce and lemon juice . Cook for a few more minutes again and add the English cheddar , Gruyere (save a little to top the dish) and cook for another ⏱️ 5 minutes at low heat. Add chopped parsley and lemon zest .

   unsalted butter: 4 oz, red onion, diced: 1 c, all-purpose flour: 2 oz, milk: 4 c, salt, pepper, garlic: 2 Tbsp, hot sauce: 1 dash, lemon juice: 1 Tbsp, English cheddar: 4 oz, Gruyere: 4 oz, lemon zest: 1
4. 4

   Pour the cooked mixture into a buttered lasagna pan and top the spinach with Parmesan cheese and parsley .

   Parmesan cheese: 2 Tbsp, parsley: 2 Tbsp
5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown.