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Erken's classic creamed spinach: 1 kg spinach is blanched in salted water, chopped with flour, creamed in butter and boiling cream for 5 minutes, and garnished with hard-boiled eggs. Served as a side to fish, roast meat, or fried ham.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 382 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Erken opens the spinach section by noting that spinach is "an altogether excellent plant," easily digested and very versatile. She recommends blanching the spinach quickly in boiling salted water with a little baking soda added, uncovered, and then cooling it in cold water to keep its green color.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Clean and rinse

    Clean the spinach, remove the coarse stalks, and rinse it well in several changes of cold water.

  2. 2

    Blanch

    Bring 4 liters of water to a boil with 30 g of salt (and optionally a knife's tip of baking soda). Add the spinach and let it blanch over high heat, uncovered, for 5–7 minutes.

  3. 3

    Cool

    Immediately place the spinach in cold water so it keeps its color. Then put it in a strainer and let the water drain off. Press the water out well with a spoon.

  4. 4

    Chop

    Chop the spinach about halfway, add the flour, and finish chopping it.

  5. 5

    Cream

    Melt the butter in an enameled pot, add the spinach, and stir it well together with the butter. Thin with boiling cream, milk, or meat stock and let the mixture cook, stirring, for 5 minutes.

  6. 6

    Serve

    Season with salt, put the mixture on a warm dish, and garnish with the hard-boiled eggs cut into slices or wedges. Serve with fish, roast meat, or fried ham.

Changes from the original

Measures have been modernized (deciliters instead of "parts," grams kept), and the method has been divided into numbered steps. Baking soda is mentioned as an optional addition to the cooking water as the introduction describes.

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To19141949Modernised
1949 (proofread, p. 419) → Modernised~84% of the text changedremovedadded
1 kg. spinat, kg spinat (renset, grove stilker fjernet). 4 l vann (til forvelling). 30 gr. salt, 50 gr. smør, g salt (i kokevannet). 30 gr. hvetemel, 2½ del. buljong, g smør. 30 g hvetemel. 2,5 dl fløte, melk eller kjøttkraft (kokende). 2 hårdkokte egg. Spinaten vaskes stk hardkokte egg (til pynt). 1 knivsspiss natron (valgfritt, i kokevannet for å bevare fargen). Rens spinaten, fjern grove stilker og skyll den godt i flere kaldt vann.. Kok opp 4 liter vann med 30 g salt (og eventuelt en knivsspiss natron). Legg spinaten i og la den forvelle over sterk varme uten lokk i 5–7 minutter.. Legg spinaten straks i kaldt vann så den beholder fargen. Legg den så på sil og la vannet presses renne av. Press godt fra ut vannet med en skje. Spinaten hakkes skje.. Hakk spinaten omtrent halvferdig, tilsett melet tilsettes, og spinaten hakkes ferdig. Smøret smelter hakk den ferdig.. Smelt smøret i en emaljert gryte, legg spinaten legges i, omrøres godt med smøret, i og rør den godt sammen med smøret. Spe med kokende buljong spes i; fløte, melk eller kjøttkraft og la stuingen koker koke under omrøren omrøring i 5 minutter. Spinaten saltes efter smak, legges op minutter.. Smak til med salt, legg stuingen på varmt fat og pyntes pynt med de hårdkokte, overskårne egg. hardkokte eggene delt i skiver eller båter. Serveres til fisk, stekt kjøtt og eller ristet skinke. Til 6 personer.

Note on Modernised

Mål er modernisert (desiliter i stedet for «del.», gram beholdt), og fremgangsmåten er delt i nummererte trinn. Natron er nevnt som valgfritt tilsetning i kokevannet slik innledningen beskriver.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the spinach be blanched?
The spinach is blanched for 5–7 minutes in boiling, salted water (4 l water and 30 g salt), placed immediately in cold water, allowed to drain in a strainer, and the water is pressed out well with a spoon.
When is the flour added?
The flour is mixed in while the spinach is being chopped — it is chopped about halfway, the flour is added, and then it is finished chopping. Then the spinach is turned in melted butter, and boiling cream, milk, or stock (2 1/2 dl) is added. The mixture cooks for 5 minutes, stirring.
What is this creamed spinach served with?
According to the recipe in Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914, p. 382), it is served with fish, roast meat, and fried ham, garnished with two hard-boiled, sliced eggs.

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