Quick and easy! You can vary the cheese – Rondelé, goat cheese, chèvre – almost any soft creamy cheese will work. Add bacon and your reputation is golden! I topped it with crispy onions.
Ingredients:
- 1 c (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 2 (10-ounce) boxes frozen spinach (about 2 lbs fresh)
- 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- Kosher salt and ground white pepper
- grated Parmesan cheese
Directions:
- Cooke the spinach in boiling water 3 minutes.
- Drain well.
- Stir in the cream cheese and let melt.
- Place in serving dish.
- Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese and nutmeg on top and season with salt and pepper.
Do-ahead Directions:
- Defrost spinach.
- Squeeze dry.
- Grease casserole with butter.
- Place half the spinach in the dish.
- Sprinkle half the cheese over spinach.
- Spread remaking spinach over cheese.
- Sprinkle remaining cheese over casserole.
- Cover with foil
- Refrigerate until ready to cook.
- Bring to room temperature.
- Heat oven to 325°.
- Place covered dish in oven.
- Heat for 20 minutes.
- Uncover and stir in salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle on topping – cheese, crispy onions, pine nuts etc.
- Return to oven and heat for 10 minutes.
Serves: 6
Source: Suggestion from a friend.
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