Gouda Grits Casserole

Name: Gouda Grits Casserole
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 5 slices applewood-smoked bacon; 3 Tbsps butter; 10 eggs; 255 grams box frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain; 473 milliliters oz Gouda cheese, shredded; 532 milliliters half-and-half; 0 teaspoons pepper; 237 milliliters uncooked quick-cooking corn grits; 2 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters large sweet onion, chopped

The recipe Goud A mixture of applewood-smoked bacon, gouda cheese, pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In 2-quart saucepan, heat 2 1/2 cups water, 1 1/2 cups of the half-and-half, the butter and salt to boiling. Gradually stir in grits. Reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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Cooking Spray

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Grits

Water

Salt

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Remove from heat. Stir in 3/4 cup of the cheese until melted. Cool 15 minutes.

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Cheese

Stir 2 of the eggs into grits mixture.

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Grits

Egg

Pour into baking dish.

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Bake 20 minutes.

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Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook bacon until crisp; drain on paper towels. Crumble bacon; set aside. Cook onion in bacon drippings over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until tender. In large bowl, beat remaining 8 eggs, the pepper and remaining 3/4 cup half-and-half with whisk; stir in remaining 1 1/4 cups cheese, the bacon, onion and spinach.

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Bacon

Spinach

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Pepper

Onion

Egg

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Whisk

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Pour over crust.

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Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

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Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

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Servings:

5slices

applewood-smoked bacon 3Tbsps

butter 10

eggs 255grams

box frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain 473milliliters

oz Gouda cheese, shredded 532milliliters

half-and-half 0teaspoons

pepper 237milliliters

uncooked quick-cooking corn grits 2teaspoons

salt 237milliliters

large sweet onion, chopped

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Fess Parker Santa Barbara Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 9 dollars per bottle.