Garlic Creamed Spinach

I love this classic road house side dish with steak and a baked potato. The problem is that it's typically made with lots of cream and butter and that's the last thing you need when you're already having steak and potato. I make this creamed spinach dish with only 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 cup 1% milk. The key to this dish is to make sure you squeeze as much moisture out of the cooked spinach as possible.



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Ingredients:

3 lbs. fresh spinach

2 to 3 cloves of garlic

2 tablespoons butter

4 tablespoons Wondra brand flour

1 cup 1% milk

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper

Preparation:

In a 12" sauté pan cook down all the spinach a handful at a time. When all the spinach is cooked let cool in a colander. When cool take some paper towels and squeeze as much water out of the spinach as possible, set a side

Mix the 1/2 cup milk with the flour and set a side. I like to use a shaker bottle to ensure all the flour is incorporated.

In a 12" sauté pan add the butter and crushed garlic cloves and cooked the garlic for about a minute.

Add the milk flour mixture to the garlic butter stirring constantly and this will thicken up to the consistency of peanut butter. Add the cooked spinach, parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Mix and heat until cheese is melted. You can serve at this point or put into a baking dish.

This recipe serves 6.