Creamed Spinach with Bacon

I make creamed spinach every couple months or so because it's one of my favorite side dishes to a steak dinner. This time I added some crumbled bacon to the cream sauce and man was it ever good. The key to creamed spinach is to make sure you squeeze as much moisture out of the cooked spinach as possible before adding to the cream sauce.



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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 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons crumbled bacon

2 crushed garlic cloves

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 milk, butter and flour in a glass measuring cup and heat in the microwave to make a cream sauce. Every 30 seconds take the cream sauce out and stir. After about 2-1/2 minutes the cream sauce will thicken up like thick pancake batter. 

Add the cream sauce to a 12" sauté pan and bring up to simmer. Add the bacon and garlic and cook 1 minute. 

 

Add the cooked spinach, parmesan cheese to the pan, salt and pepper to taste. Mix and heat until cheese is melted and you're done.

 

To serve, place the creamed spinach into a serving bowl and garnish with a little crumbled bacon.