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Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto

For this simple recipe, thinly sliced and sautéed mushrooms, accompanied by cooked spinach, are combined with a pesto sauce.

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Last modified on: May 10^th 2023

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 2 tablespoons olive oil
2 1 shallot
3 250 g mushrooms
4 200 g cooked spinach
5 25 g cream
6 75 g Pesto
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 605 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
4 min.	13 min.	17 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

In a saucepan over medium heat, pour in 2 tablespoons olive oil and when it is hot add 1 shallot minced.

Add salt and pepper, cook for 1 minute without browning.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Add prepared and chopped 250 g mushrooms, salt again and mix well...

Stage 3 - 8 min.

...and cook to your liking, typically until the mushrooms have run out of water.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 200 g cooked spinach...

Stage 5 - 4 min.

... then 25 g cream.

Stir and cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cream has reduced.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Remove from heat and add Ing5, mix well, ready.

Stage 7

Serve alone or with pasta or rice for example.

Remarks

You can use a classic pesto, or a variation like coriander-cashew pesto or tomato pesto sauce.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
504 Kcal or 2,110 Kj	21 gr	27 gr	76 gr
19 %	6 %	2 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
83 Kcal or 348 Kj	3 gr	5 gr	13 gr
3 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
252 Kcal or 1,055 Kj	10 gr	14 gr	38 gr
9 %	3 %	1 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 3.37 £
Per person : 1.69 £

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tomato omelette, Sauce Normande (for fish), "Land and sea" kebabs, Quick flaky pizza, Mixed salad with curry mayo, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Spinach à la Lorraine, Spinach and Comté Loaf, ... All
	Pesto: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, Genoese croque-monsieur, Pesto crackers, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, Pasta with pesto and preserved tomatoes, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stock-pot fish , Montagnon rice, Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Fish Mousselines, Almond mug cake for Mary, ... All

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