Berghoffs Creamed Spinach Recipes

BERGHOFF RESTAURANT CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Place half-and-half, milk, chicken base, Tabasco sauce, nutmeg, garlic, and celery salt in a medium saucepan and heat just until simmering.
• Remove from heat, but keep warm.
• In a separate medium saucepan, heat butter over medium heat.
• Whisk in flour.
• Cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring often.
• Slowly whisk warm milk mixture into butter mixture a little at a time, whisking constantly.
• Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until very thick.
• Stir in spinach and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and ground white pepper if desired.
• Garnish with bacon and additional nutmeg, if desired.

CREAMED SPINACH BERGHOFF--CHICAGO

Steps:

• In a saucepan of boiling salted water, blanch 1# spinach for one minute.
• Drain it in a colander and refresh it under cold running water.
• Squeeze the spinach well and with a stainless steel knife, chop it fine.
• In a small skillet, cook 1 onion, minced, in 2 T unsalted butter, over moderately low heat, stirring, for 5 minutes or until it is softened.
• In a heavy saucepan, cook 3 slices of bacon, minced, over moderately low heat, until they are crispy.
• Add 2 T flour to the bacon and cook the roux, stirring, for 3 minutes.
• Add 1 C scalded half and half cream in a stream, whisking.
• Whisk the mixture until it is smooth and simmer it for 10 minutes.
• Stir in spinach, the onion and freshly grated netmeg and salt to taste.
• Transfer to a heated serving dish.

BERGHOFF'S CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium skillet. Add the onion; cook over medium heat until tender, 5-6 minutes. Stir in the flour; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Whisk in the milk. Cook, stirring often, until mixture comes to a boil and thickens. Stir in the chicken base, salt, nutmeg and pepper. Set aside.
• Squeeze the thawed spinach to remove as much water as possible. Add the spinach to the cream sauce; mix well. Cook until spinach absorbs some of the sauce, about 5 minutes.

FAST AND EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Pour olive oil into a large soup pot, place over high heat, add spinach, and cover. Cook for 1 minute, uncover, and lightly stir until most of the leaves are bright green and wilted, about 2 minutes. Quickly drain spinach in a strainer and transfer to a plate lined with 4 or 5 paper towels. Once cool enough to handle, squeeze as much liquid from the spinach as possible. Transfer spinach to a cutting board and coarsely chop.
• Mix salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
• Place a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter in skillet, and stir shallot in the hot butter until just barely golden and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir seasoning mixture into shallot mixture and pour in cream. Raise heat to medium-high and reduce cream sauce to about half, about 5 minutes. Stir in lemon zest.
• Reduce heat to low and toss spinach with cream sauce in skillet. Cook and stir until spinach is heated through and coated, about 2 minutes. Stir Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into spinach until thoroughly combined; serve immediately.

BERGHOFF CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Sauté bacon in Dutch oven till crisp. Reduce heat to medium low and add butter. When melted, whisk in flour to make roux. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Mixture should be golden. Be sure not to overcook. Slowly add hot half-and-half, whisking constantly till sauce is smooth and thickened. Blend in remaining ingredients and heat through, adding salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste. Note: May use frozen spinach, just thaw.