Minced Spinach

Ingredients

• Boil the spinach in salt and water until tender
• put two table-spoonfuls of butter
• and one of flour
• half a cupful of cream or milk

Method

1. 1

   Drain and chop the spinach fine.

2. 2

   Stir the butter and flour until smooth, then add the spinach.

3. 3

   Stir for five minutes; then add the cream or milk, and stir three minutes longer.

4. 4

   Arrange in a mound on a hot dish, garnish with hard-boiled eggs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 121. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Minced Spinach. Boil the spinach in salt and water until tender. Drain in the colander, and chop fine in the tray. Season well with pepper and salt. For each quart of the chopped spinach, put two table-spoonfuls of butter and one of flour in a frying- pan. When this has cooked smooth, and before it has be- come browned, add the spinach. Stir for five minutes ; then add half a cupful of cream or milk

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