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Italian Spinach Pancakes



Ingredients

1/2 recipe basic French Crepes

Crepes Crepes

3/4 lb frozen Spinach

Spinach Spinach

Butter

Butter Butter

Salt

Salt Salt

Freshly ground Black Pepper

Capsicum Capsicum

1/2 lb Ricotta Cheese or Cottage Cheese

Ricotta Cheese Ricotta Cheese

3 Eggs lightly beaten

Egg Egg

Freshly grated Parmesan Cheese

Parmesan Cheese Parmesan Cheese

6 tablespoons Double Cream

Cream Cream

Freshly grated Nutmeg

Nutmeg Nutmeg

1/2 pint well-flavoured, Italian Tomato Sauce

Tomato Concentrate Tomato Concentrate

Method

Make 8 to 12 crepes before making the spinach and cheese filling.

Cook spinach with 2 tablespoons of butter, and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Drain thoroughly, and add Ricotta or cottage cheese, the beaten eggs, 1 to 2 ounces grated Parmesan, cream and nutmeg, to taste. Spread each pancake generously with spinach and cheese filling. Roll pancakes and put them in a well-buttered rectangular baking dish. Chill until 1 hour before using.

When nearing time to serve, brush each pancake with melted butter and sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan cheese; bake for 20 minutes in a slow oven (350 degrees F ). Serve with well-flavoured Tomato Sauce.


Remarks

Appeared on menu: Italian Spinach Pancakes $2.80 (Rolled with fresh spinach, ricotta and parmesan cheese and then baked and served with fresh tomato sauce)

See Robert Carrier's Italian Tomato Sauce and Robert Carrier's Basic French Crepes








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