Fast and Easy Creamed Spinach

Name: Fast and Easy Creamed Spinach
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 177 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest; 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 6 servings salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 2 Tbsps minced shallot; 907 grams fresh spinach

Fast and Easy Creamed Spinach

Need a gluten free, primal, and vegetarian side dish? Fast and Easy Creamed Spinach could be an amazing recipe to try. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 169 calories, 5g of protein, and 15g of fat. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes. A mixture of shallot, spinach, olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

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.

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Olive Oil

Spinach

Soup

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Paper Towels

Sieve

Pot

Transfer spinach to a cutting board and coarsely chop.

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Spinach

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Cutting Board

Mix salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg in a small bowl.

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Cayenne Pepper

Black Pepper

Nutmeg

Salt

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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.

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Cream Sauce

Lemon Zest

Seasoning

Shallot

Butter

Cream

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Frying Pan

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.

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Cream Sauce

Parmigiano Reggiano