Fast and Easy Creamed Spinach recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil 2 (16 ounce) bags fresh spinach salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg 1 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons minced shallot ¾ cup heavy whipping cream 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest 2 tablespoons finely shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Nutrition Info
- 178.9 caloriescarbohydrate: 7.1 gcholesterol: 47 mgfat: 15.6 gfiber: 3.4 gprotein: 5.7 gsaturatedFat: 8.7 gservingSize: -sodium: 173.4 mgsugar: 0.8 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Fast and Easy Creamed Spinach
Directions
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Pour olive oil into a large soup pot, place over high heat, add spinach, and cover. Cook for 1 minute, uncover, and lightly stir until most of the leaves are bright green and wilted, about 2 minutes. Quickly drain spinach in a strainer and transfer to a plate lined with 4 or 5 paper towels. Once cool enough to handle, squeeze as much liquid from the spinach as possible. Transfer spinach to a cutting board and coarsely chop.
Mix salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
Place a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter in skillet, and stir shallot in the hot butter until just barely golden and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir seasoning mixture into shallot mixture and pour in cream. Raise heat to medium-high and reduce cream sauce to about half, about 5 minutes. Stir in lemon zest.
Reduce heat to low and toss spinach with cream sauce in skillet. Cook and stir until spinach is heated through and coated, about 2 minutes. Stir Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into spinach until thoroughly combined, serve immediately.