Food & Wine
Spinach, bacon and parmesan quiche
This easy, filling spinach, bacon and parmesan quiche is sure to become a regular in your dinner rotation.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of flour
- 150g of butter
- Salt
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons of olive oil
- 1 chopped onion
- 100g of baby spinach leaves
- 100g of bacon strips
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup of cream
- ½ cup of milk
- 1/3 cup of shredded parmesan cheese
Method:
- In a processor, process butter, flour, and a pinch of salt into crumb form. Add egg and one to two tablespoons of water and process further.
- Knead dough, cover, and chill for 10 minutes.
- Between two floured sheets of baking paper, roll pastry with a rolling pin. Line a 25cm loose-based flan with pastry and let chill for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile to make the filling,in a frying pan over medium heat, heat oil, onion and bacon. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until onion is soft. Drain.
- Microwave spinach for one minute. Let cool and chop.
- After preheating the oven to 190°C, line pastry with baking paper and fill with uncooked rice. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove rice and paper.
- Pour spinach, bacon and onion into pastry and spread.
- In a bowl, whisk eggs, cream and milk. Pour into pastry.
- Top with parmesan cheese and bake for 30 minutes.
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