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Cheese & Spinach Torta

Here's how you make Cheese & Spinach Torta
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • ½ pound fresh spinach
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup low-fat ricotta cheese
  • ½ cup skim milk ( liquid nonfat milk)
  • ½ tablespoon oil (vegetable oil)
  • 3 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning (oregano, basil, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, thyme--to taste)
  • Salt, pinch of
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Wash spinach in several waters, discard damaged leaves, roots, and coarse stems.

  • Step 2: Cook spinach in the water clinging to the leaves until just tender, about 5 minutes.

  • Step 3: Drain well and chop, yielding ½ cup chopped spinach.

  • Step 4: Beat eggs lightly in large bowl.

  • Step 5: Add ricotta and mix well.

  • Step 6: Mix in nonfat milk little by little, until mixture is smooth.

  • Step 7: Add spinach, Parmesan, mustard, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.

  • Step 8: Oil a 4-cup (9-inch) pie pan and spoon filling into it, smoothing the top.

  • Step 9: Bake in a preheated 450' F. oven 15 minutes.

  • Step 10: Serve hot or cold.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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