Tasty Spinach or Broccoli bake

Spinach or broccoli bake

Wash bunch of spinach, remove stalk, cut into strips, blanch in pan with lid, no moisture needed (not too long or it will burn).
Beat together 6 eggs 1/4 cup cream
add 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg , salt and pepper to taste
add 150gm Gruyere cheese

Note: You could chop the stalk and fry it with onion and garlic and add to the dish with the cheese. If you are vegan, use tofu in stead of cheese.

METHOD:
Mix together ingredients
Butter shallow ovenware dish
Pour ingredients into shallow oven dish
Bake 10 minutes at 200 degrees *** (Remember to switch the oven on before you start!)
15 minutes at 175 degrtees.

Alternatives:
You can use either a flaky or other pastry as base to pour the mixture into (more like a quiche)
If you want it for a special occasion, use filo pastry.

Alternatives for spinach:

• punnet of broccoli, cut and blanched
• tin of creamed corn
• blanched asparagus

Less rich alternative:
Use a container of cream cheese in stead of the cream

Decadent alternative:
Just before you take it out of the oven, add more cheese and bake it at a slightly higher temperature for 5 minutes, or until brown.  (Keep your eye on it so that it does not burn).

Other alternatives:
Use leftover meat or cooked vegetables, or viennas, russians, ham, if you like meat.