Finnish Spinach Soup (pinaattikeitto)

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons margarine
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 liter milk
• 150 g finely chopped frozen spinach, thawed and drained
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 4 hard-boiled eggs

Recipe

• 1 melt margarine in a pot, add flour and mix well with a whisk.
• 2 add about half of the milk and whisk vigurously to get rid of any lumps. keep whisking until the mixture thickens and begins to boil.
• 3 add the rest of the milk and the spinach, whisk. allow to boil for a few minutes. keep stirring often as milk-based soups stick to the bottom of the pot easily!
• 4 add salt, sugar and pepper, mix.
• 5 divide between soup bowls; peel boiled eggs, halve them, and place two egg halves on top of each bowl of soup.