Spinach Quiche – Simple and satisfying!

Spinach Quiche – Simple and satisfying!

Any time of the year, you can enjoy delicious quiche with fresh or quick-frozen chopped spinach. This tastes so good and is so good for you. Great for breakfast, brunch, or lunch!

 

Spinach Quiche - Simple & Satisfying
 
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This tastes so good and is so good for you.
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Recipe type: Baked goods
Cuisine: Californian
Serves:: 8
Ingredients:
  • 1 Frozen pie crust for 9” pie
  • 1 ½ C Fresh chopped or frozen defrosted Spinach
  • 1 T Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 3 Cloves Garlic, finely minced
  • ½ C Monterey Jack Cheese, grated
  • Salt & pepper, to taste
  • 1 C 2% Skim Milk
  • 3 Eggs, large
Directions:
  1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Warm Olive oil in a medium skillet, saute garlic for 1 minute, then, sauté spinach, add seasoning and spices, cooking until somewhat soft, about 2-3 minutes.
  3. Set aside spinach mixture.
  4. Combine eggs, milk and cream, season to taste and mix together well.
  5. Remove pastry crust from freezer.
  6. In bottom of tart, add half of zucchini mixture, add half of cheese mixture, and repeat while spreading evenly in bottom of tart.
  7. Pour over egg mixture until about ⅓” from top of tart pan edge.
  8. Cook in oven for 40-45 minutes on bottom rack of oven.
  9. When crust is browned and mixture only slightly shakes in middle 2” of tart, when rack is shaken gently, it is time to remove from oven.
  10. Tart will continue to cook a little out of the oven.
  11. Remove from oven.
  12. If further browning is desired; set oven to broil, when heated, place tart under broiler for a few seconds to brown nicely.
  13. Remove from oven, let quiche cool to firm.
  14. Serve while slightly warm, or refrigerate.
  15. Good overnight for serving cold the next day.

 

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