Baked creamed spinach
12 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | Butter or margarine |
| ¾ | cup | Chopped onion |
| ¼ | cup | Flour |
| Salt to taste | ||
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| 2 | cups | Milk |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| Tabasco | ||
| 4 | packs | (10-oz) frozen chopped spinach; thawed and drained |
Directions
In a saucepan over medium heat, cook onion in butter until tender (about 5 minutes). Stir in flour, salt and pepper until blended. Gradually stir in milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is thickened. ln a small bowl, beat egg slightly with fork. Add Tabasco to taste. Slowly pour egg mixture into cream sauce, stirring rapidly to prevent lumping. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened. Do not boil. Add spinach. Stir until blended. Pour mixture into a 9x13 pan. Bake at 350ø for 40 minutes or until firm in the center. Cut into servings. Yield: 12 to 15 servings.
CYNTHIA WEBER (MRS. JAMES R.)
From <Traditions:ATasteoftheGoodLife>, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior League. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .