Skip to content
Back to your kitchen
Spinach Normande
🇫🇷 French

Spinach Normande

🇫🇷 French

Time does the work here: spinach melts into a glossy braising liquid after a long, gentle simmer. About 60 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Butter2 tbsp
  • Heavy Cream150 ml
  • Saltto taste
  • Spinach300 g
  • Onion2, halved and sliced
  • Garlic4 cloves, crushed
  • Black Peppercorns1 tsp
  • Bay Leaf2
  • Stock or Broth500 ml
  • Apple Cider300 ml
  • Apple2

Optional extras

  • Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown the spinach deeply in the Butter in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.

  2. 2

    Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the black peppercorns.

  3. 3

    Return the spinach, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.

  4. 4

    Cover and braise low and slow until the spinach yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.

  5. 5

    Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

Cook it with your pantry → Share this page: /dish/6150

Watch how it's made

Video: How To Make Crepes A La Normande ✨| Shabrina Triadini | MPI 3A · on YouTube