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Shown with Maple Glazed Pancetta
Yields1 ServingPrep Time10 minsCook Time10 minsTotal Time20 mins
3slices Pancetta, sliced on 3, diced fine
20ozBaby Spinach
3tbspunsalted butter
2tspduck fat
⅓cupshallots, diced
2cloves Roasted Garlic, diced and smashed
3tbspflour
1 ¾cupswhole milk
⅓cupheavy cream
⅔cupGrand Pandano Cheese, shaved
½tspwhite pepper
To Taste, Kosher Salt
1
Slowly saute pancetta until crisp, drain and set aside for garnish of each serving.
2
"Blanch" spinach in a pot of boiling water for NOT OVER one 45 seconds, add to a cold water bath to stop the cooking, and then squeeze out or spin the excess water from the leaves. Chop the spinach and set aside, letting drain.
3
Melt the butter and duck fat in a saucepan. Add the garlic and shallots, and cook until just soft.
4
Add in the flour, stirring it together to form a roux, let cook stirring a few minutes until blonde. Slowly whisk in the milk, then cream and cook until slightly thickened. Finish by stirring in the Grand Pandano, add in the spinach, white pepper and salt.
Slowly saute pancetta until crisp, drain and set aside for garnish of each serving.
2
"Blanch" spinach in a pot of boiling water for NOT OVER one 45 seconds, add to a cold water bath to stop the cooking, and then squeeze out or spin the excess water from the leaves. Chop the spinach and set aside, letting drain.
3
Melt the butter and duck fat in a saucepan. Add the garlic and shallots, and cook until just soft.
4
Add in the flour, stirring it together to form a roux, let cook stirring a few minutes until blonde. Slowly whisk in the milk, then cream and cook until slightly thickened. Finish by stirring in the Grand Pandano, add in the spinach, white pepper and salt.
AuthorDartagnan