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Recipe for "artichoke-cass"

NAME

     ARTICHOKE-CASS - Vegetable  casserole  with  artichokes  and
     spinach
     This is a fattening but good vegetable dish.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)

     200 g     marinated artichoke hearts, drained (2 small jars)
               Save the marinade for salad dressing.
     500 g     cooked spinach, drained and squeezed dry.  (Use  2
               packages of thawed frozen spinach, or 600 g cooked
               fresh spinach)
     250 g     cream cheese, softened
     30 g      butter, softened
     90 g      grated parmesan cheese

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Preheat oven to  175  deg.  C.   Spread  artichoke
               hearts in the bottom of a buttered casserole dish,
               in roughly one layer.
          (2)  Top with spinach.
          (3)  Cream  together  the  cream  cheese,  butter   and
               cheese, and spread evenly on top.
          (4)  Bake covered for 30 minutes, then uncovered for 10
               minutes.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 5 minutes preparation,  40  minutes
     baking.  Precision: no need to measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Vicki O'Day
     Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto CA
     hplabs!oday