Creamed Spinach or Silverbeet
Silky, creamy spinach or silverbeet made with or without cheese, an easy, comforting side dish that lets the fresh greens shine.
Simple ingredients are all you need to create this beautifully creamy spinach or silver beet. Made without cheese, this lighter version relies on cream, garlic and gentle seasoning to enhance the natural sweetness of the greens while keeping the texture luxuriously smooth. It's an effortless Thermomix side dish that's equally at home beside a Sunday roast, grilled seafood or a simple weeknight meal. Whether you choose delicate baby spinach or robust silver beet, this classic recipe is one you'll return to again and again.
Serving Suggestions
Serve alongside grilled steak or roast beef.
Pair with roast chicken, turkey or pork.
Spoon over baked or mashed potatoes.
Serve with grilled salmon, snapper or barramundi.
Add to a brunch plate with poached or fried eggs.
Fold through freshly cooked pasta with cracked black pepper.
Serve alongside lamb cutlets or slow-cooked lamb shoulder.
Use as a filling for savoury crêpes or puff pastry tarts.
Spoon onto toasted sourdough for a simple lunch.
Need
- 1 large Bunch silverbeet, cleaned
- OR 200-300 Grams spinach leaves
- 50 Grams butter cubed BUY
- pink salt flakes to taste BUY
- black pepper to taste
- fresh nutmeg to taste
- 100 Grams cream BUY
Do
- 1
Place greens into the Thermomix bowl and chop 5 sec/speed 5. Scrape around the sides of the bowl and around the blade and repeat if needed. You don't want it too fine as it will continue to break down during cooking time.
- 2
Add butter and seasoning and cook 10 min/Reverse/100°C/speed 2.
- 3
Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
- 4
Add cream and heat 2 min/100°C/speed 2. If you prefer it finer, level up the speed to around for a few seconds at the end.
- 5
Serve immediately and enjoy.
Served with
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