Creamed Spinach With Honey Glazed Pine Nuts

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small onion, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup milk
• 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 1/3 cup asiago cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 in a small sauté pan heat 1 tbsp of olive oil on medium, add pine nuts (be careful they burn quickly! make sure you are constantly watching and stirring them). toast lightly (about 1 minute) remove from heat and add 1 tbsp honey. transfer to a small bowl and let pine nuts cool.
• 2 add 1 tbsp of olive oil to the small sauté pan. add onions and garlic. fry until translucent (do not brown). sit onions/garlic to the side to cool.
• 3 on medium heat, add 1/4 cup butter to a large saucepan. once butter has melted add the flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg. cook for about 1 minute.
• 4 slowly add milk to butter/flour mixture, stirring constantly until you have a thick sauce. add the cubed cream cheese and stir until melted.
• 5 add the onion/garlic mixture to the cream sauce.
• 6 add the 2 packages of well drained frozen chopped spinach to the cream sauce. stir to combine and cook for approx 3-4 minutes on medium.
• 7 once spinach mixture is heated completely through, stir in asiago cheese and remove from heat.
• 8 transfer creamed spinach to a serving dish.
• 9 spoon honey glazed pine nuts over the creamed spinach and serve immediately.