Spinach & Cheddar crumble

Creamed spinach

With a Cheddar & oat crumble topping

Spinach & Cheddar crumble

1 hr 20 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 10

About the recipe

Frozen spinach is not only cheap and convenient, it seems to work much better than fresh in this dish. A savoury crumble topping takes it to the next level.


nutrition per serving

347

Calories


26.4g

Fat


14.6g

Saturates


3.4g

Sugars


0.5g

Salt


8.8g

Protein


18g

Carbs


4g

Fibre


of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

2 onions

2 cloves of garlic

olive oil

2 teaspoons dried oregano

1 whole nutmeg, for grating

1kg frozen chopped spinach

100g unsalted butter (cold)

100g Cheddar cheese

100g plain flour

100g rolled oats

250ml crème fraîche

Top Tip

If you prefer your creamed spinach to be textured rather than silky, simply skip the blitzing stage at step 6, and fold the crème fraîche through the spinach.

To get ahead, put this together a few days in advance, then simply keep it in the fridge until you’re ready to bake it. On the rare occasion that you have leftovers of this dish, it’s amazing dotted on pizza, or blobbed into an omelette or frittata.

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4.

2. Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic, then place in a large frying pan on a low heat with 2 tablespoons of oil and the oregano.

3. Finely grate in half the nutmeg and fry gently for 10 minutes, or until soft but not coloured, stirring regularly.

4. Add the spinach, turn the heat up to medium and cook down for 15 to 20 minutes, or until any liquid has evaporated.

5. Meanwhile, roughly chop the cold butter, grate the cheese and place in a food processor with the flour, oats and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Pulse into a nice crumble texture (or rub together by hand), then remove to a plate.

6. Put the cooked spinach mixture into the processor (there’s no need to clean it), then add the crème fraîche and blitz for 1 minute.

7. Taste and season to perfection, then tip evenly into a baking dish (20cm x 30cm). Sprinkle over the crumble and bake for around 45 minutes, or until golden and bubbling.

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