Recipe - Gratin Of Creamed Spinach And Eggs

3 tablespoon Butter
1 cup Fresh bread crumbs
1 Onion, cut or sliced up
One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
2 cup 1% milk
One half teaspoon Each salt (approx) & nutmeg
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
1 pack (10 oz.) frozen chopped
spinach, thawed and
squeezed dry
One half cup Freshly grated Parmesan
cheese
6 Hardcooked eggs
1 cup Thin strips ham (optional)

In large saucepan, melt butter; remove 1 tbsp. and toss with bread crumbs.
Set aside.

Add onion to the pan; cook over low heat, stirring often, for 5 minutes or
until softened. Sprinkle with flour; cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Gradually whisk in milk, salt, nutmeg and pepper; cook, stirring, over
medium heat for about 3 minutes or until thickened. Add spinach and
Parmesan cheese; cook for
1 minute.

Quarter eggs lengthwise; place, cut side up, in greased 6 cup baking dish.
Sprinkle with salt to taste. Arrange ham (if using) over eggs. Spread
spinach mixture evenly over top; sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake in 375øF
oven for 20 minutes or until browned. Makes 4 servings. Typed in MMFormat
by cjhartlin@msn.com Source: Canadian Living 20th Anniversary Cookbook.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" cjhartlin@email.msn.com
on Apr 24, 1998