Spinach with Egg

Ingredients

• as needed Spinach
• as needed Salt
• 1 tablespoonful Butter
• 1 teaspoonful Sugar
• as needed Pepper
• as needed Nutmeg
• 4 Eggs
• 1 teaspoonful Butter
• 1 teaspoonful Cream
• 1 teaspoonful Lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1Boil spinach in plenty of hot, salted water for 20 minutes. Drain the spinach and press out as much water as possible. Chop the spinach finely.
2. 2Put the chopped spinach back over the heat with a large spoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of sugar, salt, pepper to taste, and a little nutmeg. Beat until hot and smooth.
3. 3Turn the spinach into a hot, deep dish. Cover with a dressing made from the yolks of 4 hard-boiled eggs. Let cool. Pound the cooled eggs in a mortar and rub to a paste with a teaspoonful of melted butter, one of cream, and, lastly, one of lemon juice. Spread over the surface of the spinach and garnish with a border of the sliced whites of the eggs.