Spinach in a 'Crown' of Eggs

Ingredients

• a peck of spinach
• two tablespoons butter
• two tablespoons of flour
• half cup of stock or cream
• a grating of nutmeg
• hard-boiled eggs cut in halves
• powdered egg

Method

1. 1

   Cook spinach in boiling salted water until tender, then chop fine.

2. 2

   Melt butter, cook flour without browning, add nutmeg and spinach, then stock or cream.

3. 3

   Form into a mound, garnish with halved eggs, and sprinkle with powdered egg.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Times cook book, no. 2 (1905) by Los Angeles Times, page 157. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPINACH IN A "CROWN" OF EGOS. Mrs. Ella Magee, 122 North Johnston street, 'Dos Angeles. — Cook a peck of spinach in boiling salted water until tender, then chop fine; melt two tablespoons butter and cook in it without browning, two tablespoons of flour, add a grating of nutmeg and the spinach, stir, then add half cup of stock or cream. Form into mound, garnish with hard-boiled eggs cut in halves, and set upright to form a border around the mound of spinach; sprinkle powdered egg

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