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Creamed spinach

Laura in the Kitchen · ♥ 1.8K likes · 107.4K views · 6 min video

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Creamed spinach, from the video
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Ingredients
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  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 whole onion
  • 1½ cup heavy cream
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • ½ cup parm
▶ 0:46
Melt butter in a small Dutch oven; add the onion.
Butter, onion and why frozen spinach
▶ 1:19
Defrost the frozen spinach and squeeze out all the liquid.
▶ 1:49
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • salt
Soften the onions in the butter with a pinch of salt until translucent with a little colour, not caramelized; finely dice a couple cloves of garlic.
Softening onion and garlicDicingRead
▶ 2:05
Add the garlic and cook a couple of minutes until mellow.
▶ 2:17
  • 0.125 tsp nutmeg
Add the heavy cream and a pinch of nutmeg, about an eighth of a teaspoon; let it bubble, thicken and reduce.
Cream and nutmegInfusing
▶ 2:55
Whisk in the room temperature cream cheese until melted.
Cream cheese for bodyWhisking
▶ 3:45
  • salt
  • black pepper
Season with a good pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper; add the parm.
Seasoning and parmSeasoningRead
▶ 4:11
Add the squeezed spinach and stir a few minutes until it comes together.
Adding the spinach and simmeringSimmeringRead
▶ 4:28
  • 2 box frozen spinach
Simmer until thick, planned as 5 to 6 minutes and in fact about 10; adjust the seasoning.