This past week, my friend and I spent the entire day together. She was visiting from out of town because her husband had an interview at the same place that my husband works at. I picked her up from her hotel in the morning, came back home, and got down to baking our breakfast. Our menu consisted of spinach quiche, roasted pear and chocolate scones, and chai.
I’m not really a breakfast-type person. My usual go-to in the mornings is a mug of chai with a slice or two of toast. But just because I usually don’t have an appetite in the morning doesn’t mean that I’m not going to treat my friend. We split up our “duties,” as I got to baking, and she got to picture-taking.
And from the looks of it, I think we make a great team 🙂
Spinach Quiche
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
For Crust:
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces
- ¼ cup water, cold
For Filling:
- 3 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 (10 oz.) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
- ½ cup cheddar cheese, grated
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese, grated
- ½ cup onion, finely diced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions:
Make Crust:
Combine all-purpose flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse for a few seconds to combine. Add butter and pulse until the mixture resembles course meal, approximately 10 seconds. With the machine running, slowly add cold water and process only until the dough begins to hold together. Do not process more than 30 seconds.
Transfer dough to plastic wrap, flatten and form into a disc. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
Make Filling:
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Roll crust out to fit a 9-inch tart pan, and transfer to pan.
Beat cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in milk and eggs. Add remaining ingredients. Pour mixture into prepared crust and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until filling is set and crust is golden-brown in color.
cakewhiz
i wasn’t much of a breakfast person until after i had the baby coz i find myself insanely hungry when i make up now…lol.
even though this quiche is great for breakfast, it looks so good that i wouldn’t mind eating the leftovers for lunch or even dinner 😛
myninjanaan
Thanks! Isn’t it funny how our bodies change after having a baby? I used to loveeee breakfast, and now I’m more of a snacker
Ambreen
This looks wonderful!, delicious looking quiche!
myninjanaan
thanks ambreen!
Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies
I made the same quiche awhile ago…and I’ve been thinking about it lately 🙂 It is yummy! Yours looks really good..I think I need to make this tomorrow…I’m going to try it with the coconut oil pie crust minus the sugar.
myninjanaan
oooh girl you and that coconut oil LOL! I haven’t baked with coconut oil yet but I remember you said in an earlier post of yours that the oil isn’t too coconutty after baking… I’m sure the mix of spinach and coconut will be phenomenal! Let me know how it goes 🙂
Nadia
I just made a quiche on Monday – I love them! Mine had swiss chard and mushrooms, but spinach quiche has to be my fave! Yours looks lovely and your menu sounds fantastic!
myninjanaan
swiss chard and mushrooms sound fantastic! That’s the great thing about quiches, they’re so versatile! (btw, I’m dying to make that vermicelli dessert you just posted today! I’ll let you know how it goes 🙂 )