SPINACH DRESSED WITH CREAM, a la Francaise

Ingredients

• 2 pailfuls of spinach
• 2 tablespoonful salt
• 2 oz butter
• 8 tablespoonful cream
• 1 small teaspoonful of pounded sugar
• a very little grated nutmeg

Instructions

1. Boil and drain the spinach as in recipe No. 1155;
2. chop it finely, and put it into a stewpan with the butter;
3. stir over a gentle fire, and, when the butter has dried away, add the remaining ingredients, and simmer for about 5 minutes.
4. Previously to adding the cream, boil it first, in case it should curdle.
5. Serve on a hot dish, and garnish either with sippets of toasted bread or leaves of puff-paste.