Butternut Squash and Creamed-Spinach Gratin

Name: Butternut Squash and Creamed-Spinach Gratin
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons black pepper; 5 Tbsps unsalted butter plus additional for greasing pan; 2 kilograms butternut squash (2 large), peeled, quartered, and seeded; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 0 teaspoons Rounded freshly grated nutmeg; 177 milliliters finely chopped onion (1 small); 59 milliliters 1/2 ounce finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano; 2 teaspoons salt; 850 grams pounds fresh spinach, stems discarded, or 3 packages frozen leaf spinach, thawed

Butternut Squash and Creamed-Spinach Gratin is a gluten free and primal side dish. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 10 servings with 250 calories, 6g of protein, and 16g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up heavy cream, spinach, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours.

Instructions

If using fresh spinach, bring 1 inch water to a boil in a 6- to 8-quart pot over high heat.

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Add spinach, a few handfuls at a time, and cook, turning with tongs, until wilted, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water.

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Thoroughly squeeze cooked fresh or thawed frozen spinach in small handfuls to remove excess moisture, then coarsely chop and transfer to a bowl.

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Bowl

Melt 3 tablespoons butter in an 8-inch heavy skillet over moderately low heat, then cook onion and garlic, stirring, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Add onion mixture to spinach along with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and cream and stir to combine.

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Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 400°F. Butter a 3-quart shallow baking dish (13 by 9 inches; not glass).

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Cut squash to separate bulb section from solid neck section, then cut pieces lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick slices with slicer.

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Layer squash and spinach mixture in baking dish, using about one fifth of squash and one fourth of spinach for each layer, beginning and ending with squash.

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Sprinkle top layer of squash evenly with cheese and dot with remaining 2 tablespoons butter, then cover directly with a sheet of parchment or wax paper.

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