Spinach Soup With Poached Eggs Recipe
Ingredients
1 lb frozen spinach in a block
3 tbsp butter
5 tbsp all-purpose (plain) flour
2 1/4 cups milk
1/4 cup sour cream (creme fraiche)
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Salt
Pepper
4 eggs
Directions
Put the spinach in a small casserole.
Cover and microwave on HIGH for 8 minutes, stir once after 4 minutes.
Put the butter in a bowl and melt in the microwave on HIGH for 1 minute.
Stir in the flour.
Pour in the milk slowly and beat well with a hand whisk.
Microwave on HIGH for 3 minutes, stir every minute.
Stir in the spinach and transfer to a soup tureen.
Stir in the sour cream (creme fraiche), nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Break the eggs one at a time and place carefully on the surface of the soup.
Prick each egg yolk in 2 or 3 places.
Put the soup tureen in the oven and microwave on HIGH for 3 minutes until the egg whites are cooked.
Cover and microwave on HIGH for 8 minutes, stir once after 4 minutes.
Put the butter in a bowl and melt in the microwave on HIGH for 1 minute.
Stir in the flour.
Pour in the milk slowly and beat well with a hand whisk.
Microwave on HIGH for 3 minutes, stir every minute.
Stir in the spinach and transfer to a soup tureen.
Stir in the sour cream (creme fraiche), nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Break the eggs one at a time and place carefully on the surface of the soup.
Prick each egg yolk in 2 or 3 places.
Put the soup tureen in the oven and microwave on HIGH for 3 minutes until the egg whites are cooked.