Subj : Mrs. Kelsal's Spinach Toasts
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From : Ben Collver
Date : Sun Mar 24 2024 10:31:29

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      Title: Mrs. Kelsal's Spinach Toasts
 Categories: Breakfast
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
    1/2 pt Spinach juice
      5 lg Eggs
           Sugar; to taste
      1    Lemon; juice and zest of
           --OR-
    1/2    Orange; juice and candied
           -peel of, finely chopped
      1 pn Nutmeg
    1/4 c  Butter
      2    Naples biscuits (substitute
           -ladyfinger cookies); grated
      2 sl White bread; up to 4
           Powdered sugar; to taste
           Lemon and orange slices; for
           -garnish
 
  Stir together spinach juice, eggs, lemon zest (or orange candied
  peel), nutmeg, and grated ladyfingers. Add sugar to taste.
  
  Place the mixture into a pan and set it over medium-low heat, and
  continue stirring until it thickens to about the consistency of
  scrambled eggs. Add half the butter, stirring until it has melted
  into the mixture.
  
  Take the mixture off the heat, and squeeze in the juice of a lemon (or
  orange).
  
  Melt the rest of the butter into a frying pan, and fry slices of
  bread over medium heat until golden brown on each side.
  
  Spread the egg mixture thickly over each slice of toast.
  
  Sift some powdered sugar over them.
  
  Set them on a dish in the oven under medium-low heat (about 325°F).
  Remove when top of egg mixture begins to crisp and change color,
  about 5 minutes.
  
  Decorate the dish with slices of lemon and orange.
  
  Serve.
  
  Recipe by Michael Walkden
  
  Recipe FROM: <https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/
  eggs-sugar-spinach-toast-breakfast-early-modern-recipes/>
 
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