Recette

Pie with eggs, spinach and nutmeg

An exclusive recupe from Chef Arnaud Baptiste.

Recipe for 8 people

Ingredients :
- 9 Eggs
- 200 gr fresh spinach
- 300 gr Button mushrooms
- 2 puff pastry
- 2 Nutmeg
- 120 gr grated Comté cheese
- 1 yellow lemon
- 100 gr Butter


Recipe sequence:
- Make 8 hard-boiled eggs (10 minutes of cooking in boiling water).
- Toss the spinach in the butter and grated nutmeg, deglaze with lemon juice.
- Cut the mushrooms into strips then brown them in a pan with butter to remove the vegetation water.
- In a pie dish, spread the puff pastry, then put a layer of well-seasoned mushrooms then the grated Comté cheese.
- Add the eggs and cover with the spinach.
- Close everything with the puff pastry and seal the edges well.
- Make a gilding with an egg yolk, decorate with a knife and spread the gilding on top.
- Bake the pie in the oven for 35 minutes at 190 degrees.

Revealed during season 12 of Top Chef, he stood out for his creative and delicate cuisine.
Since spring 2023, he has been at the head of the restaurant Le Colvert, located in the emblematic Parisian district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
For SNIPO (National Union of Egg Industrialists and Professionals), Arnaud Baptiste has imagined some quick and tasty recipes to delight young and old. “The egg is an essential ingredient in my cooking. I like to enhance it every day on my restaurant menu with a perfect balance between egg and sauce, which makes my recipes even more gourmet! »