Bacon and Spinach

I found the basics of this recipe when I was giving a Thanksgiving dinner and wanted some traditional American recipes. It's really easy and quick to do and you can vary it according to taste. The flavours all infuse and it's delicious!

Ingredients

1 onion
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
8 rashers of bacon, roughly chopped
1/2 bag of spinach
1/2 pint single cream
Milk
Butter or oil
Pepper

Method

Roughly chop the onion and gently fry in some butter or oil in a saucepan. Once softened, add the crushed garlic and cook for a few minutes.

Add the roughly chopped bacon and continue to fry for a few minutes. Add the single cream and black pepper and gently simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes. If it thickens, add a little milk to increase the liquid. It should still be thick, but not glutinous.

Tear the spinach and stir it into the mixture. Cover the pan and gently simmer for about 5 minutes.

Serve!

You can adapt this recipe as you want. If cream is too rich, use just milk and thicken it with some cornflour. You can add cheese or use leeks instead of onions. I also use cheap cooking bacon rather than expensive rashers, it does the job just as well! You can also make this well in advance and leave it cool, then just re-heat it when you need it.