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Creamed spinach with feta and eggs

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Ingredients
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  • 2 whole eggs
  • ½ whole onion
Finely chop half an onion and cook it in a saucepan with a little olive oil (or butter) until soft and golden.
Onion and garlic
  • olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic cloves
Add two finely grated garlic cloves and warm until fragrant.
  • baby spinach leaves
  • salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
Add the baby spinach in several batches, seasoning each with salt and black pepper, until wilted.
Reduce the heat and stir in about half a cup of heavy whipping cream.
Cream, or a lighter flour and milk version
  • ½ cup heavy whipping cream
  • crushed red pepper flakes
  • dried dill
Season with crushed red pepper flakes, dried dill and about a quarter teaspoon of nutmeg.
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 200 g feta cheese
Crumble in 200 g of block feta and warm through until slightly thickened.
Seasoning and the feta
Transfer a portion to a smaller frying pan; make two wells to the side, break each egg into a bowl and slide it into a well; season the eggs with salt and pepper.
Cracking the eggs into wells
Once it starts cooking, reduce to medium, cover and cook about 4 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks still runny; it can take 5 to 6 or up to 8 minutes, so watch it.
Covered cooking until the whites set