Spinach à la Viroflay
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- large spinach leaves
- subric mixture
- very small croûtons of pain de mie
- sauce Mornay
- grated cheese
- melted butter
- butter
Instructions
- Spread large blanched spinach leaves out on a napkin.
- Add very small croûtons of pain de mie, fried in butter, to the subric mixture.
- Place a subric in the middle of each leaf.
- Wrap the subrics in the spinach leaves so as to form little round parcels.
- Range them on a buttered gratin dish.
- Cover with sauce Mornay, sprinkle with grated cheese and sprinkle with melted butter.
- Glaze in a hot oven.