The Perfect Quiche

A buttery, flaky crust is filled with spinach and whatever vegetables you have on hand, combined with an egg and ricotta cheese mixture. This quiche is easy to make and perfect for breakfast or dinner. 

Why I think this quiche is perfect

One of our favorite meals is quiche.  We eat so many eggs. Egg sandwiches. I throw eggs into stir fry. I love egg salad, but it is not anyone else’s favorite around here. Everyone in my home loves quiche. I usually make two because the leftovers are great.  It’s an easy one-dish meal!  It is also a great way to use up odds and ends of vegetables, ham, bacon, or whatever you want to add to this quiche; go ahead and add it.  This quiche recipe is inspired by Alice of Savory Sweet Life. The ricotta is the secret ingredient; it makes the quiche light!  The ricotta quite simply makes this the perfect quiche.

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Tips & Variations

• You can skip this step, however if you like crispy flaky bottom crust you should blind bake your pie crust. This post will show you how.
• Crust does not need to be homemade, you can use store-bought pie crust. It will work perfectly.
• Cheese: use what ever cheese you like, if you do not have cheddar use what you have. If you don’t have any leave it out. There is already ricotta cheese.
• Make 2! I suggest that you always make two, if you have more than four quiche lovers in your home, because quiche is great leftover, and it freezes easily.
• Freezing quiche: This post gives many great tips for freezing quiche.
• Pie crust: if you would like to make your own pie crust I have a fool proof one for you, here.

On busy nights this meal is perfect.  It’s packed with good things and my kids can eat at different times if we need to, quiche is perfect served at  room temperature.  If I have time I add some greens or some fruit on the side (psssst this also make for a great brunch menu!).

to your table with love, Sheila

Perfect Quiche

Sheila

This no fail recipe is perfect everytime. It is adapted from Alice Currah's cookbook Savory Sweet Life

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, brunch

Cuisine American, French

Servings 12 slices

Calories 343 kcal

Equipment

• 2 pie plates

Ingredients

  

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• 1 recipe Pie Crust or store bought crust 2 crusts
• 8 whole eggs
• 1 cup half and half Any milk will work, however, the hight the fat content the better.
• 15 ounce ricotta cheese
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp fresh ground Black Pepper
• 1/2 cup onion finely chopped
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper finely chopped
• 3/4 cup matchstick carrots
• 3/4 cup mushrooms thinly sliced
• 2 cups spinach
• 2 cups grated cheddar cheese

Instructions

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

• Roll out pie crust and place in pie plate or a tart pan works too. Crimp the edges and using a fork poke a few hole in the bottom of the crust.
• In a large mixing bowl (or a stand mixer) add eggs, half and half, and ricotta cheese beat until eggs are a light and airy, about 3 minutes on medium high speed.
• Divide vegetables up and lay them evenly over the bottom of each crust ending with the spinach and sprinkling the cheese evenly on top.
• Pour egg mixture into pie crusts, making sure to make each pie even. It's ok if some of the vegetables and cheese peek out of the egg, just push them down into the egg mixture with a spoon.
• Place quiches in preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes. The center of the quiche should not jiggle, it should be firm when lightly pressed in the center of th the pie. Allow pie to cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

Note: You can also make this quiche with meat. I often toss in chopped up ham, bacon, or sausage. Really, any and all combinations will work. I often go back to the basics and only add spinach. It’s pretty hard to ruin this quiche!

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 343kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 11gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 526mgPotassium: 199mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1013IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 242mgIron: 1mg

Keyword breakfast,, brunch, Easter, easy, eggs, quiche

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