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🍰 Crunchy Spinach Cheese Cake
580 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 100 g flour (Type 405)
- 100 g whole wheat flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 100 g butter
- 1 egg
- 600 g spinach
- salt
- 2 garlic cloves
- 350 g Roquefort
- 3 eggs
- 250 ml whipping cream
- pepper (from the mill)
- nutmeg
- butter (for the pan)
Instructions
- 1. Mix both types of flour in a bowl.
- 2. Add the salt and stir it in.
- 3. Scoop the flour mixture onto your work surface.
- 4. Make a well in the center of the flour.
- 5. Cut the cold butter into small cubes.
- 6. Distribute the butter pieces around the edge of the well.
- 7. Place the egg in the center of the well.
- 8. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of lukewarm water.
- 9. Roughly chop all ingredients together with a knife.
- 10. Knead the mixture quickly into a smooth dough.
- 11. Shape the dough into a ball.
- 12. Wrap the dough ball in cling film.
- 13. Put the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- 14. Wash the spinach thoroughly.
- 15. Remove tough stems or wilted leaves.
- 16. Blanch the spinach in boiling salted water for 1 minute.
- 17. Drain the spinach.
- 18. Rinse the spinach with cold water to stop cooking.
- 19. Squeeze the spinach well to remove excess water.
- 20. Peel the garlic cloves.
- 21. Finely chop the garlic.
- 22. Crumble the Roquefort cheese into small pieces.
- 23. Mix the cheese with the eggs.
- 24. Stir the cream into the cheese and egg mixture.
- 25. Fold in the squeezed spinach.
- 26. Add the chopped garlic.
- 27. Season the filling with salt.
- 28. Season the filling with pepper.
- 29. Season the filling with nutmeg.
- 30. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius fan mode.
- 31. Take two layers of cling film.
- 32. Roll out the dough thinly between the films.
- 33. Butter the baking tin.
- 34. Place the dough into the tin.
- 35. Press a crust edge from the dough.
- 36. Pour the filling onto the dough.
- 37. Smooth out the filling.
- 38. Bake the cake in the oven for 40 minutes.
- 39. Take the cake out of the oven.
- 40. Let the cake cool down briefly.
- 41. Carefully release the cake from the tin.
- 42. Cut the cake into pieces.
- 43. Serve the pieces.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 580
- Protein: 22 g · Fett/Fat: 42 g · Carbs: 28 g