Spinach in Croustade

Ingredients

• spinach leaf by leaf
• chopped, hard-boiled egg
• melted butter
• fine crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Wash spinach thoroughly, cook covered in its own water, turning occasionally.

2. 2

   Chop, season with salt and pepper, and serve in croustades mixed with chopped hard-boiled egg and garnished with slices of white and a little sifted yolk.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Principles of food preparation (1914) by Mary Davoren Molony Chambers, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

fine crumbs, place on serving dish, and set in the oven for a moment to brown the crumbs. Compare the degree of flavor that resulted from the two methods of cooking. Mashed Turnips Wash and pare two turnips. Cut one into thin slices, cut the other into quarters. Boil both until tender. Drain and mash each one separately, season with salt and pepper, and serve very hot. Compare the flavor resulting from the two methods. SPINACH IN CROUSTADE spinach in Croustades Wash the spinach leaf by leaf in abundance of water, removing thoroughly every trace of grit. Cook it, closely covered, in the water that clings to the leaves, turning it over once in a while to prevent its burning. During the latter part of the cooking process the lid may be removed, to encourage evaporation, and the spinach 18 PRINCIPLES OF FOOD PREPARATION cooked down until the water is practically absorbed. Chop, season with salt and pepper, and serve in crou- stades, mixed with chopped, hard-boiled egg, and gar- nished with slices of the white and a little sifted yolk. Cook another portion of spinach in a generous quan- tity of water, softened with baking soda, as in Boiled Cabbage. Compare the flavor of the spinach cooked in both ways. To Make Croustades. Remove the crust from a stale, brick-shaped loaf, and cut the crumb into eight cubes. (In making the dish for a family the crust may be removed and the loaf used entire.) Dip five sides of each cube into melted butter

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