The Latest Recipe For Spinach Madeleine

Spinach Madeleine alongside Tomatoes

This is 1 classic spinach casserole.

There must bring been 10 customers inwards the store terminal calendar week whom I asked of the terminal fourth dimension they made Spinach Madeleine together with all said pretty much the same. "Oh my Lord, I haven't made that inwards years, what's the affair alongside me!" together with "The terminal fourth dimension must bring been decades ago, for Big Bull's Birthday Bash." or "I don't fifty-fifty know if I even thus bring the recipe, yous know, since mama died together with all." Of course, those customers are weekly regulars together with we're comfortable inwards discussing such fragile matters.

Stuck dorsum inwards the archives of fine southern nutrient lore is this wonderful diddy, to a greater extent than than a casserole every bit it has shown upwardly middle phase at cocktail parties (and funerals), held steadfast every bit a side riding adjacent to a principal course of teaching together with is versatile plenty to bring piece of occupation 1 of the south's best loved vacation foods. It was originally published past times the Junior League of Baton Rouge inwards River Roads Recipes, December 1950. That's a will to how practiced it is as, together with inwards my opinion, it has withstood the exam of fourth dimension to a greater extent than than whatever other published recipe. It is also said, that the dish earlier beingness published, was starting fourth dimension created past times Madeleine Neville who owns the (now reportedly closed) Green Springs Inn B&B inwards St. Francisville LA. I dunno almost that but I create know the same version every bit the master copy River Roads recipe also shows upwardly inwards the cookbook Talk About Good printed past times The Junior League of Lafayette but named Spinach Dorinne. Another will of a fine, classic southern recipe, I hateful when Madeleine together with Dorinne are on the same page.

Unfortunately, the recipe has gone through roughly modifications from the master copy every bit Kraft Foods discontinued marketing it's super rich, spicy Jalapeno Cheese Roll dorsum inwards the 1990's. Today, nosotros exercise their Mexican Hot Velveeta or regular Velveeta mixed alongside diced fresh jalapenos. I sympathise the Green Springs version used a garlic cheese ringlet together with that may explicate why the River Roads recipe adds garlic salt. So many variations bring appeared inwards print, it is difficult to tell if the master copy did indeed bring jalapenos. I suspect it was reddish pepper either inwards pulverisation shape (cayenne) or liquid (Tabasco). And for the nutrient snobs out there, this recipe ain't the same if yous don't exercise Velveeta. That's simply how it was meant to be.

Here is my rendition of this spinach dish alongside of course, my personal spin. Enjoy!

super creamy, super rich flavor

Spinach Madeleine on Church Street

Many times I bring served this stuffed inwards cherry tomatoes every bit appetizers, slathered on slices of minor tomatoes every bit a side together with fifty-fifty topped alongside a vidalia tomato plant salsa. To me, it's solely natural to broil minor ripe tomatoes on transcend for a delectable savor.

serves v or 6
ii -10 oz packages steam'ables cut-leaf spinach 
ii tablespoons butter
iv tablespoons all-purpose flour
ii tablespoons minced onions
1/2 loving cup reserved spinach liquor
1/2 loving cup + ii tablespoons heavy cream, warmed
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/2 teaspoon dark pepper
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon hot reddish pepper sauce (I similar the sweetness of Alaga brand)
tabular array salt to taste
8 oz Mexican agency Velveeta, cubed
ii or iii minor ripe tomatoes, sliced (Campari are perfect)

Cook the spinach inwards microwave according to packet directions. Place spinach, 1 purse at a fourth dimension inwards a fine meshwork sieve or strainer over a bowl together with using the backside of a large spoon, press the H2O out of the leaves. Press all over the spinach until all the liquor has drained. Remove spinach to a bowl together with create the other bag. Reserve the liquor (and spinach).

Melt butter inwards a medium saucepan over medium rut together with whisk inwards flour stirring until shine together with lump free. Stir inwards onions together with create until soft, but create non allow brown. Slowly add together both liquids stirring together with cooking until sauce is thick together with smooth. Stir inwards garlic, pepper, Worcestershire together with pepper sauce. Add tabular array salt to taste. Stir inwards cheese until it blends together with sauce is creamy. Fold inwards cooked spinach mixing inwards rather well.

From this point, yous tin serve every bit is but roughly folks similar for it to residue inwards the fridge overnight for flavors to meld together with deepen. I similar to bake it a while, tell 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees F until bubbly together with and then transcend alongside the piece tomatoes together with run it nether the broiler until the tomatoes "melt". Yummy.

Other suggested variations together with uses for this recipe:

great on Steak Night

• Brush the transcend alongside melted butter together with transcend alongside a gratin of soft breadstuff crumbs earlier broiling.
• Use this recipe when making tomato plant pies, morning time quiche together with fifty-fifty when stuffing fish fillets (great for fish rolls)
• Make a killer oyster appie past times using Spinach Madeleine along alongside 1 tbsp of Herbsaint together with 1/2 loving cup of Italian breadcrumbs when making Oyster Rockefeller 
•  Stuff into hollowed tomatoes together with bake alongside a bacon/cheese/cracker topping
• Make Crawdad Dip past times adding a pound of crawfish tails spell adding cheese
• Alternate layers of seasoned steamed sliced summertime mash alongside Spinach Madeleine for a superb luncheon dish

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