Creamed Spinach

Ingredients

• 4 oz. fat per lb. of spinach
• $ gill of water
• a little diluted corn flour
• a pinch of nutmeg
• salt
• pepper

Method

1. 1

   Wash the spinach in plenty of water until free from grit.

2. 2

   Place the fat and clean water in a saucepan, add the spinach, and simmer until tender.

3. 3

   Remove the spinach, drain and chop fine.

4. 4

   Reduce the liquid, bind with a little corn flour mixed in cold milk to make a stiff cream sauce, add the spinach and season to taste with a little salt, nutmeg and pepper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The victory cookery book (1918) by Peel, C. S. Mrs, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Creamed Spinach Materials.—Spinach, 4 oz. fat per Ib. of spinach, $ gill of water, a little diluted corn flour, a pinch of nutmeg, salt and pepper

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