The Best Creamed Spinach Recipe

The Best Creamed Spinach Recipe

  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup finely diced shallots
  • 2 cloves Oven-Roasted Garlic
  • 2/3 cup finely diced mushrooms, domestic or wild (if wild, use caps only)
  • 3 tablespoons finely sliced scallions, white part only
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • 5½ cups coarsely chopped spinach leaves (about 6 ounces)
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Simple Roasted Chicken
  • Saddle of Lamb
  • Rack of lamb
  • Pan-roasted veal chops
  • Roasted Salmon
  1. In a large sauté pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat until almost shimmering. Add the shallots and garlic and sauté until soft but not colored, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and scallions and sauté 1 minute. Add the cream, raise the heat slightly, and boil until slightly thickened, 1 to 2 minutes.
  2. Add the spinach and stir until wilted. Add the butter and continue to stir until the spinach is soft, 1 to 2 minutes.
  3. Variation:
  4. You can omit other ingredients if you want to, but keep the mushrooms and garlic!