Popey\'s spinach nests

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 500 g Spinach
  • 300 g Spaghetti
  • 2 Onions
  • 1 TEASPOON Butter
  • 100 g Whipped cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 1 TEASPOON Oil
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
  • 100 ml Milk
  • 200 ml Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 3 TSP Sauce thickener
  • 50 g Edam cheese
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean the spinach, wash thoroughly and drain. Prepare pasta in boiling salted water according to package instructions. Peel and finely dice the onions. Melt butter, fry half of the onion cubes for 1-2 minutes and add spinach.

  2. 2

    Collapse the spinach, deglaze with cream and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Season spinach with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Heat oil in a small pot. Sweat the remaining onion cubes for 2-3 minutes.

  3. 3

    Add the tomato paste and sweat briefly. Deglaze with milk and stock. Boil up the sauce and thicken with sauce thickener. Drain spaghetti. Lightly grease 4 ramekins and fill in the spaghetti like a nest.

  4. 4

    Spinach in the middle, tomato sauce on the edge. Grate cheese and sprinkle over pasta and spinach. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas mark 3) for about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
480 kcal
CARBS
65 g
FATS
16 g
PROTEINS
17 g