Baked eggs on creamed spinach
Baked eggs on creamed spinach recipe in the egg category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 bunch spinach, about 3/4 pound
- 2 tablespoons minced onion
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- Freshly grated nutmeg to taste
- 2 large eggs
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and butter two 1/3 to 1/2 cup ramekins.
- Discard coarse stems from spinach.
- In a 2 to 3 quart saucepan of boiling salted water cook spinach 2 minutes and drain in a sieve, pressing with back of a large spoon to remove as much water as possible.
- Finely chop spinach.
- In a small nonstick skillet cook onion in butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened.
- Stir in spinach, cream, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring, until hot.
- Divide creamed spinach between ramekins and break an egg into each.
- On a baking sheet bake eggs in upper third of oven until whites are cooked through, or until desired doneness, about 12 minutes.
- Season eggs with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
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