Thursday, November 18, 2010

Epinards à la Crème / French Style Creamed Spinach

Creamed spinach is quite a famous dish which is consumed atleast once a week in french school canteens, eventhough the french kids hate this creamed spinach very much, most of the french people hate this creamed spinach to the core when they were kid, each and everyone have their own version of story behind the reason for hating this creamed spinach...I tasted this creamed spinach before few years ago in a french friend's house when we were invited at her place for a lunch..I immediately fallen in love with this french creamed spinach dish which is served along with meats, grilled fishes or simply with pastas..Today i prepared this creamed spinach for our lunch and i clicked immediately since i was hosting AWED this month with french cuisine as theme..Needless to say that this creamed spinach goes to AWED-French hosted by me, event by DK..

Creamed spinach

1/2kg Spinach (stalks removed)
3tbsp Double cream
1tsp Butter
Pepper powder
Nutmeg powder

Heat the butter, add immediately the spinach leaves, sauté the spinach for few minutes, add the salt,double cream and cook for few minutes..Now either u can grind the cooked spinach as bit coarse paste or u can enjoy them without grinding also, but i went for grinding..

Finally spice the grounded creamed spinach with pepper powder and nutmeg powder..Serve with grilled chicken thighs, meats or grilled fish..

43 comments:

Gayu said... Reply To This Comment

Love this recipe!! Bookmarked!!

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

We make this also very often and serve with mash potato and sausage or with other kind of meat.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I have had creamed spinach before...but never dared to make it at home...Now mayb i should try...ty for the recipe!

My Kitchen Antics said... Reply To This Comment

gosh i don mind eating spinach tht way...nice pic priya

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Creamed spinach sounds delicious! Great recipe..

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

What a yum way of eating spinach..super !

Sowmya said... Reply To This Comment

A versatile side-dish...I'll definitely try it out!

Tahemeem said... Reply To This Comment

That loooks so yummm....
I never tried making it.. but had it and loved it... Thanks for the recipe :)

Pushpa said... Reply To This Comment

Greens anyday anytime,looks so yummy.

swapna said... Reply To This Comment

creamy and yummy......

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

I adore creamed sinach..this looks fabolous!

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Madhavi said... Reply To This Comment

Bookmarked :))

SpicyTasty said... Reply To This Comment

looks so delicious..yummy..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Wow, sounds delicious.

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Looks gorgeous and delish!!

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Creamed spinach looks delicious.

Nandita SS said... Reply To This Comment

The spinach looks so yum and so full of flavour. Loved it :)

Zoe said... Reply To This Comment

Sound delicious!

Satrupa said... Reply To This Comment

Creamy Spinach .......Yummmm :)

Cheers n Happy Cooking,
Satrupa

http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com

indianspicemagic said... Reply To This Comment

This spincah and cream will truely melt inside the mouth....

Heather S-G said... Reply To This Comment

Creamed spinach is such a fabulous side dish...yours is beautiful :D

Soumya said... Reply To This Comment

delicious and healthy creamed spinach

Amritha Kalyani said... Reply To This Comment

very tempting. love the creamy spinach..

Simply Life said... Reply To This Comment

oh I've never had this before but it looks great!

Lorraine said... Reply To This Comment

I have never tried creamed spinach, but I would like to try it. I think I would like it. Yours looks delicious. Thanks for sharing it:)

Vaishali Sharma said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delicious! Cremed spinach is a delight!

GEETHA ACHAL said... Reply To This Comment

Looks simple and delicious....

Kiran said... Reply To This Comment

Very rich and delicious creamed spinach.Will definitely try your recipe.

Lena Jayadev said... Reply To This Comment

woww..what an appealing color... great recipe with few available ingredients.. i just loved it Priya :)

Vidhya said... Reply To This Comment

looks really creamy and yummy. I wonder why they hate this dish??.

Priya Sreeram said... Reply To This Comment

sounds yum and looks great--- will try this one

chef and her kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so simple n yummy...I know it would be very rich in taste...

Pappu said... Reply To This Comment

creamy spinach looks yummm:)

Abhilash Pillai said... Reply To This Comment

I am not french so hope I will like it :)

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Looks creamy and colourful.

Kurinji said... Reply To This Comment

looks colorful n bookmarked :)

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Very healthy n rich dish!

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

எனக்கும் இந்த க்ரீம் கீரை பிடிக்காது..உங்க ரெசிபி பார்க்க நல்லாயிருக்கு...

chaitrali pathak said... Reply To This Comment

love this particular dish absolutely...looks super delicious and yummy....

Elaichii said... Reply To This Comment

So creamy and looks out of this world dish!

Simplyfood said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and delicious , love the simplicity of this recipe.

AJ said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious!! Love spinach made this way - Its our favourite when I do western style meals!!

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Totally understand your falling in love with the épinards à la crème!
:-)