Friday, February 5, 2010

Spinach Bacon Quiche

I've always loved quiche. Growing up my Mom always made Quiche Lorainne, which is great, but I usually make something a little bit jazzier. Tonight I found my recipe on allrecipes.com. I'll put my substitutions in parenthesis after the actual ingredients in the recipe:

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs (I used 2/3 cup of All Whites)
  • 2 cups milk (I used evaporated skim milk)
  • 1 1/4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided (I used swiss)
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
  • 4 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled (I used 5- never too much bacon!)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained(I used fresh)
  • 1 (9 inch) unbaked pastry shell

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, beat eggs; whisk in milk, 1 cup cheese, onion, bacon, salt, mustard and paprika. Add spinach. Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake at 400 degrees F for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted halfway between the center and the edge comes out clean.
The next time I make this quiche I will definitely dry to squeeze as much liquid as I can out of the spinach, as the quiche was a little bit soggy. I might also decrease the milk b/c I couldn't fit all of the liquid in the pie shell. Otherwise, the flavor was great. Since it was just me and the kids, I served it with steamed rice and corn, to ensure they'd eat something. Both of them did try some of the quiche!

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