Berghoff's Creamed Spinach

Hey Jude's Note:

The famous Berghoff's restaurant, in Chicago, closed it's doors this past week after 107 years in business. Their recipes were a closely guarded secret but they did share the ingredient list for their famed creamed spinach. The Chicago Tribune food editors played around with the list and came up with this recipe, which tastes exactly like the spinach at the restaurant.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 1 small onion , finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup milk or 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon instant chicken bouillon granules or 1 teaspoon bouillon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon white pepper
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach , thawed

Directions:

1. 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.
2. 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.

Reviews

[Smoofinator]

YUM! I really loved this recipe. It was creamy and full of flavor. I left out the nutmeg as I don't care for it much, but the dish was great even without it! Rave reviews from the SO and his family (and 15 year old son)! Thanks a lot for posting...this one is a keeper.

[eatrealfood]

I microwaved my frozen spinach first before adding it to this recipe, but only because I started out making another recipe for creamed spinach but changed my mind and used this one instead. Good thing, too. I didn't drain my spinach but had no issues with that. Tasty, creamy and most importantly, something nutritious that my little one will eat.

[Sandi (From CA)]

DELISH! I admit that I sort of expected it from the way the recipe sounded, but what I didn't expect was for my spinach-hating husband to eat *ALL* the leftovers. Greedy punk. :D What a fantastic blend of flavors this created. Thank you, Judy, for sharing!