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Bacony Creamed Spinach

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Casseroles, Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 packets  Frozen spinach - (10oz. Ea)
6 slices  Bacon strips
1   Garlic clove - minced
1/2 cup 31g / 1.1ozOnion - chopped
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlWhite pepper
1 teaspoon 5mlCayenne pepper
2 tablespoons 30mlButter
2 tablespoons 30mlFlour
1 cup 237mlHalf-and-half or milk

Recipe Instructions

Cook spinach by boiling or in microwave. Drain well and squeeze out as much moisture as possible. Chop fine, using food processor of food grinder.

Cook bacon in skillet until crisp. Remove and drain. Crumble and reserve. In about 2 T of the bacon fat, saute garlic and onion over medium heat. When onion is limp, add spinach. Lower heat. Season with salt and peppers; stir well as moisture evaporates from spinach, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. 3. In a separate large skillet, melt butter over medium heat.

Sprinkle in flour, stirring constantly until smooth. Gradually stir in half-and-half or milk and cook until smooth and bubbly. Stir in spinach mixture and heat through. Remove from heat, stir in reserved bits of bacon, and serve.

Source:
Rave Revues, Lakewood Center for the Arts, L.O., Oregon /86

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