Berghoff Restaurant Creamed Spinach

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chicken base
• 1/2 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, plus more for garnish
• 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
• 1/8 teaspoon celery salt
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry (about 2 1/2 cups)
• salt and pepper, to taste (optional)
• cooked crumbled bacon (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place half-and-half, milk, chicken base, tabasco sauce, nutmeg, garlic, and celery salt in a medium saucepan and heat just until simmering.
• 2 remove from heat, but keep warm.
• 3 in a separate medium saucepan, heat butter over medium heat.
• 4 whisk in flour.
• 5 cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring often.
• 6 slowly whisk warm milk mixture into butter mixture a little at a time, whisking constantly.
• 7 simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until very thick.
• 8 stir in spinach and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 9 season with salt and ground pepper if desired.
• 10 garnish with bacon and additional nutmeg, if desired.