Even though the weather is still warm, it’s starting to feel like fall, and today I really felt like having some comfort food. Not sure how the idea of creamed spinach came about but once I started thinking about it – I had to make it. And schnitzel to go along with it… I couldn’t convince my toddlers that this dish is not excluded from the ‘edible by humans food’ category but the grown-ups enjoyed it very much.
Delicious Creamed Spinach Recipe
Recipe Type: Side dish
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Ingredients
- 16 ounce bag of frozen spinach
- 3 cups of water
- 3 tablespoons butter, or ghee ([url href=”https://www.beetsandbones.com/how-to-make-clarified-butter-and-ghee/” target=”_blank” title=”How to Make Clarified Butter and Ghee in Slow Cooker”]how to make ghee[/url])
- 1/2 onion, chopped finely
- 2 cloves of garlic, pressed or chopped finely
- 2 tablespoons flour, I use flour from home milled [url href=”https://jovialfoods.com/shop/einkorn/wheat-berries/einkorn-wheatberries-12.html” target=”_blank”]Einkorn berries[/url])
- 1 cup heavy cream (I buy mine here)
- A pinch of nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Put spinach in a medium pot; cover with water, and simmer until well thawed, drain (I use a fine strainer but it gets pretty hard to clean).
- In a Dutch oven, or any enameled iron pot, melt butter or ghee and add onion and garlic and saute until onions are soft.
- Add flour, mix and cook on low for 5-7 minutes.
- Add cream and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add drained spinach, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
- Cover and simmer for a few more minutes.
- Serve hot.
