Spinach with Cream and Eggs

Name: Spinach with Cream and Eggs
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 4 hard-boiled eggs, cut in half longways; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ stick (60 g) butter; 1¼ cups (3 dl) single cream; 2 tablespoons (15 g) flour; Pepper; 1 onion; Juice of ½ lemon; Nutmeg; 2½ lb (1¼ kg) spinach, stalks removed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

English Provincial Cooking

By Elisabeth Ayrton

Published 1980

About

In 1759 William Verral of Lewes wrote of this recipe: “This being a very genteel dish it is a pity to leave it.”

Ingredients

2½ lb (1¼ kg) spinach, stalks removed
½ stick (60

Europe
United Kingdom
Engalnd
Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Put the spinach in a pan with ⅝ cup (1.5 dl) of water, 1 tablespoon (8