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Spinach and potato gratin

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 1 kg jacket potatoes
  • 1 pack of frozen creamed spinach (450 g)
  • 2 onions
  • 1 clove(s) garlic
  • 50 g butter
  • 50 g flour
  • 500 ml cream or milk
  • 150 g diced ham
  • 150 g processed cheese (ham cheese)
  • 100 g cheese, grated Emmental (or sliced)
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Peel the jacket potatoes and let them cool slightly. Chop the onions and garlic cloves and sauté in the butter with the diced ham until translucent. Sprinkle the flour on top and let the whole thing sweat slightly. Now pour in the milk/cream. Let it simmer gently and dissolve the cream cheese in it. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the thawed spinach. Then slice the jacket potatoes and arrange them in a buttered baking dish: 1 layer of potatoes (always add salt and pepper!) 1 layer of spinach/cream/sauce Continue with the ingredients until they are all used up. Finish with the sauce if possible. Sprinkle with the Emmental cheese and bake the whole thing in a preheated oven at 200°C for about 25 to 30 minutes. The cheese should be nicely browned.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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