Creamy, Cheesy Potato - Spinach Gratin with Béchamel Sauce

 

Cheesy, Potato - Spinach Gratin Dish

Potato - Spinach Gratin with Béchamel Sauce Recipe (Beşamel Soslu Ispanak Graten)

If you are keen on spinach base dishes very much, like us. Forget all about the spinach base dishes you have eaten so far. Because, we are going to introduce you to a brand new taste today. It is "Creamy, Cheesy Potato - Spinach with Béchamel Sauce Dish". We just want to say one word about it. It is "fingerlickingly delicios!"

We always love "spinach dish" very much. When the winter season comes, we cook spinach base dishes or byreks (pastries) very often. In our childhood times, we loved to eat our meal, while we were watching Popeye. Hence, title of spinach always reminds us "Popeye" one of our childhood's cartoons. Because, when we were children, we liked spinach because of we loved Popeye the Sailor Man Spinach cartoons. At that times, our moms used to tell us that this meal was Popeye's Spinach. Like the one that he would squeeze out of the can in the cartoons, to help him grow big strong muscles. And, we all (Girls and Boys) believed our moms and ate it all, believing it will help us grow and strong. 

If Popeye the Sailor Man Spinach Cartoons continues now
We are sure that He likes Spinach-Gratin Dish

We are not sure that our children whether they like spinach meal or not. Generally, they eat it. But, they like spinach base byreks (pastries), spinach base sweets and creamy, cheesy potato - spinach gratin with béchamel sauce dish very much. We are sure that, if Popeye the Sailor Man Spinach cartoons still continue to today, he likes and prefer to eat our yummy creamy, cheesy potato - spinach with béchamel sauce dish.

Today, we are going to share our very special spinach and potato dish to you. We are sure that, when you try it, your family wants to creamy, cheesy potato - spinach with béchamel sauce dish very often. 

How to Make Creamy, Cheesy Potato - Spinach Gratin with Béchamel Sauce Dish?

One of our best dishes we can make with spinach in this post. It has a spinach and potato base béchamel layer and topped with cheese. Its recipe is not complicated and is easy. This dish is so tasty and hearty, when you try it, you will want to eat the second plate maybe third one. You will say "it is the really best spinach dish i have ever eaten". So you can serve it with a simple soup or as is without the need for anything more. 

Our creamy, cheesy potato - spinach gratin is usually made with roasted spinach and potatoes and topped Béchamel Sauce. This creamy, Cheesy spinach gratin is full on flavor! Fresh spinach (or frozen spinach, but fresh one is always better) in a creamy, Cheesy sauce baked until bubbly and golden colour. 

Ingredients: 3 Potatoes

Peel them and cut them thin slices (round shape)

Fry slices of potatoes and set aside

Ingredients: 600 gr Spinach, wash them well

Chop spinach leaves and stems roughly

Ingredients: 400-450 gr Ground beef 

Ingredients: one big onion and two cloves garlic, chop them 

Ingredients: one carrot, peeled and grated

Ingredients: vegetable oil and butter

Ingredients: a pinch of salt, ground black pepper and
red pepper flakes for both spinach mixture and bechamle sauce 

Ingreduents: tomato and pepper paste for preparing 
spinach mixture

Preparing spinach mixture: sauté onion, garlic and 
ground beef

Preparing spinach mixture: Add tomato and pepper paste
and then add chopped spinach and stir

Stir spinach mixture about for while 

Preparing spinach mixture: Couple of minutes later
add grated carrots and stir

Spinach mixture: After removing it from heat, add 
only one egg and mix them and set spinach mixture aside

Ingredients of béchamel sauce: 2 cups milk

Ingredients of béchamel sauce: all purpose flour

Cheese for sprinkle over the béchamel sauce

Preparing béchamel sauce: melt the butter in sauce pot

Preparing béchamel sauce: Add flour and stir constantly

You should stir flour and butter mixture constantly
för béchamel sauce 

Preparing béchamel sauce: then add milk and don't stop
stir mixture constantly

Stir mixture constantly to make béchamel sauce
smooth and even 

More you stirring the mixture, more you get the 
Smooth and even béchamel sauce

When béchamel sauce ready, take a oven tray and 
Place the layers of  dish in it. First layer is frying potatoes

Second layer is spinach mixture and then last layer is 
béchamel sauce and grated cheese are top of the dish 

Lastly preheat the oven then sprinkle cheese and red 
pepper flakes and bake it 

Bake it about 40-45 minutes

Recipe of Creamy, Cheesy Potato - Spinach Gratin with Béchamel Sauce Dish

It is up to you, but sometimes we serve this dish as an accompaniment to steak or other meat dishes (such as, roasted beef short ribs, Turkish style roasted beef and lamb/mutton, Turkish style roasted lamp chops, Turkish shish kabob: their recipes are below).  Creamy, cheesy potato - spinach with béchamel sauce dish is great on a weeknight dinner. We love eating it as a dip , spread on crusty bread. Also, this dish is preferred to breakfast and lunch too, and it is children favourite dish.   

Here it is our Creamy, cheesy potato - spinach gratin with béchamel sauce dish recipe;

Serve: 6 servings, Prepare Time: 10 minutes, Cooking Time: 50-55 minutes, Cuisine: Mediterranean / Anatolian Cuisines,  Course: Breakfast, Lunch, children food, dinner dish,   

Very good family favourite;

Ingredients:

• 600 gr. Spinach, chopped (includes leaves and stems),
• 400-450 gr Ground beef,
• 3 Normal size potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced (round shape),
• 1 or 1,5 Tablespoons vegetable oil, 
• 1 or 2 Tablespoons butter,
• 1 Egg, 
• 2 Cloves garlic, finely chopped,
• 1 big onion, roughly chopped,
• 1 Carrot, grated, (or finely chopped), 
• 1 Teaspoon tomato paste and 1 teaspoon pepper paste, 
• 1,5 Cups of grated or sliced Pale Yellow Cheese/Mozzarella Cheese (or Parmesan cheese), (in this recipe we used grated Pale Yellow Cheese/Mozzarella Cheese cheese),

For Béchamel Sauce:

• 2 Cups milk,
• 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour,
• 5-6 tablespoons butter (if you want, you can use margarine, but butter is better),
• 1 teaspoon salt to taste,
• 1 teaspoon or a pinch of  ground black pepper and red pepper flakes to taste, (it is optional),

Preparation:

1. First of all take all ingredients on your work-table. Then, fry your all potatoes (thinly sliced round shape potatoes) over medium heat till its color change to golden color in frying-pan. Then, set aside. (According to us, fried potatoes are better for this dish. But, if you want, you can use boiled  potatoes or raw potatoes).
2. Meanwhile, in a non-stick saucepan, drizzle your vegetable oil and butter and add finely chopped garlic and fry till fragrant. Then, add in your chopped onions and fry for a while before adding ground beef (this process takes nearly 3-4 minutes). When your onions are translucent, add your ground beef, tomato paste and pepper paste and mix them well and cook over medium heat until its pink color disappears (this process takes another 4-5 minutes). 
3. Then, add your chopped spinach and a pinch of ground black pepper and salt and stir. One or two minutes later, add grated carrots and stir mixture. Then, turn down the heat to low and let it simmer for 7-to-9 minutes. Then, remove the spinach mixture from the heat and add egg and stir. Then, set aside. 
4. Preparation of Béchamel Sauce; In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Then, add your all purpose flour and sauté over low heat till its color change to yellow (it takes 1 or 2 minutes). Stir constantly, don't stop. Then add milk and stir continuously to make your béchamel sauce smooth and even. (Bye the way, let us to explain one thing; If flour particles do not dissolve, you can use a blender.) Lastly, add salt, red pepper flakes and ground black pepper and cook for 3 or 4 minutes. Then, set aside.
5. Preheat the oven to 180°C (340-350°F). Then, in an oven-baking tray, spread all your fried potatoes as a bottom layer. Then, layer with the spinach mixture and cover the potatoes. Season with salt and ground black pepper. Then, pour your béchamel sauce over the spinach mixture and potatoes layers. Then, sprinkle with the cheese and red pepper flakes and bake for about 40 or 45 minutes (if your potatoes are raw, you need to 1 hour and 15 minutes baking time or until the potatoes are tender). 
6. Then, let stand for 10 minutes and serve with a green salad or serve as a side dish with any meat dish.   

Enjoy !

Potato - spinach gratin with béchamel sauce 

Creamy, cheesy potato-spinach gratin dish

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