SC - Spinach Tarte

[Mordonna22 at aol.com]

I used a recipe someone posted a few weeks back for a Spinach tart.
Unfortunately, I failed to save the name of the poster.  If you are the one
who was the original poster, please do not be offended.  Just let me know, and
I will be glad to give you credit.

>>Here is my Spinich Tart recipie (from memory but I made it last weekend)
with ALL the
steps. Since this is meant to be basic, I'll use all the cheat options

1 250g packet frozen spinach
30g butter
100 g sugar
1/3 cup cream
4 eggs
1 lemon 
handful currants
handful pinenuts
1 shortcrust pastry sheet, thawed
Extra butter or cooking spray

deep 9" tart tin (with removeable base
large pot to boil spinach (if not frozen), colander, knife and chopping board
wooden spoon
Medium frypan
Large mixing bowl
zester/fine grater

1. Preheat oven to 180F/350C

2. Butter the tart case (or spray with cooking spray). Line the tart case
with pastry, being careful not to stretch it. Trim evenly around the top and
refrigerate

3. Cook frozen spinach, cook in the butter 5 mins, stirring and breaking up
the lump. Cool

4. While the spinach is cooling, put the sugar into the mixing bowl, with
the cream. Break in the eggs and mix all together

5. Either grate the rind (not the white pith) off the lemon using the fine
teeth on the grater, or use a lemon zester to do this. Add to the egg mix

6. Once the spinach is cool, add it to the egg mix, mixing through well (a
fork might help). Stir in the currants and pine nuts

7. Take the tart case out of the fridge and pour in the filling. 

8. Bake until golden and cooked through. Test after 30 minutes using a
skewer or straw to see if the middle is set or not. When set, remove from
oven and cool

Serve warm (if possible) or cold<<

I pretty much followed the recipe, except 
1) I could not find a single lemon in the house so I used 1/4 tsp lemon juice
2) I had some phyllo pastry left over, so I lined a buttered tart case with 5
sheets of phyllo pastry instead of shortbread pastry
3) I used raisins instead of currants

The tart set beautifully, and my mother had three helpings (1/2 the pie) all
by herself.

Mordonna (waddling to under the rock to take a snooze)

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