Spinach Timbale

Submitted by kiwidutch

"Posted for RecipeZaar World Tour 2006. "Timbale" used to be a French word that describes a silver or gold container, but now its main meaning is to describe a cooked dish that is baked and then turned out of it's baking dish to make for more spectacular serving. ZWT REGION: France."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 25 g butter (1 oz)
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 900 g spinach, washed and roughly chopped (2 lb)
• 150 ml milk (1/4 pint)
• 150 ml cream (1/4 pint)
• 4 eggs
• 50 g gruyere cheese, grated (2 oz)
• 50 g fresh breadcrumbs (2 oz)
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• salt
• pepper
• tomatoes (to garnish)

directions

1. Pre heat oven to 180 C (350 F).
2. Melt the butter in a pan, saute the onion and cook until soft but not brown.
3. Add the spinach and cook for a further 5 minutes until soft, stirring once or twice.
4. Add the milk and cream and heat gently without boiling.
5. Beat the eggs in a bowl, take the spinach mixture off the heat and add the eggs, cheese, breadcrumbs, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
6. Transfer the mixture to a greased 1.1 litre (2 pint) ring mould (Bundt tin) and cover the mould with foil.
7. Place the ring mould in a roasting dish that is half filled with hot water.
8. Bake at 180 C (350 F) for 1 1/4 hours until it is firm to the touch and a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
9. Turn the Timbale out onto a flat serving dish and garnish with slices of tomato.

Reviews

[Outta Here]

This was delicious, but had too much moisture from the spinach. It "rose" nice and high, but collapsed after turning onto plate, and water ran around it. Next time I will saute spinach separately and squeeze moisture out before adding it to rest of ingredients.

 

[Elodie]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, as i didn't have any cream left, i used plain yogurt, as suggested i made some fresh breadcrumbs, and we had the "timbale" today, with tomatoes (cold) it was very "fin, fondant, delicieux" ! my picture is not very pretty, because i didn't slice my spinach timbale correctly, but it was vraiment bon. Oh! i added 1 tablespoon of old fashioned mustard ( the one prepared with seeds)

 

[Chyral]

Made this as a spinach mushroom variation for a few friends and it was wonderful. Sauteed mushrooms first then added spinach. I jiggled it a bit and then it popped right out of a bundt mold I used. Thanks!