re: Cream Spinach Recipe?

In Knoxville, Spinach Maria is on the restaurant menus of a major local chain. Lots of cheeses, and addictive as all get out

I never updated how it all went. I made the recipe involving the roux but added shallots and chopped garlic. It was amazing.

This recipe is interesting. Cooked all in one pot. And the cook is easy on the eyes and ears.

Cooking with Shereen

I wilt some spinach, make a bechamel (for normal size recipe 2 T APF, 2 T butter, 1 cu cream, 0.5 cu milk) , flavor it with tony's, take it off the heat, add around 4 ozs shredded jack cheese to my bechamel sauce and stir in until smooth. Put wilted spinach in a gratin dish, pour over sauce (I guess its a Mornay sauce now - I use Jack instead of Gruyere because it melts smoother), then add grated sharp cheddar to top, bake for a little while then finish under the broiler.

Fantastic and works equally well with Broccoli, Cauliflower, Spaghetti squash, etc. If you don't want au gratin style, just make the bechamel sauce, pour over wilted spinach seasoned as you like and voila.

Bonus: Also makes a fantastic creamy mac and cheese, just pour over hot, drained pasta, add the sauce, top w/ cheese and only finish with the broiler so stays extra creamy.