Crustless Spinach Quiche

"This simple-to-make quiche is great for a simple dinner or lunch with green salad. Recipe was adapted from Bon Appetit (January 1981)."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
1 9inch quiche
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
  • Spray 9-inch pie plate with Pam. (I use a corning ware quiche dish).
  • Heat oil in skillet over med. high heat. Add onion and saute until browned (5 min).
  • Add spinach; cook until excess moisture evaporates. Let cool.
  • Beat eggs in bowl. Add cheese.
  • Stir egg-cheese mixture into onion-spinach mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper, if desired.
  • Turn into pie pan, spreading top evenly.
  • Bake until top is browned and tester (I use a toothpick) comes out clean, 40-45 minutes.

Questions & Replies

  1. Can this delightful receipe be frozen
     
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Reviews

  1. This was very easy to make, i added mushroom with the onions and used a different type of cheese as i didn't have the one recommended but the end result as fantastic, thanks ellie2 i had never heard of a crustless quiche before i will definatly be making this again.
     
  2. Very easy, very good taste, I did use fresh spinach and added just a little fine chopped red pepper. I like the color. They had some great fresh looking spinach and peppers at our farmers market so I couldn't pass them up. I followed directions exactly. My only recommendation is that I felt it needed some herbs as I was making it. So, I did add some fresh tarragon and basil. I made it for a friend, but made a small one for me that I had for a late breakfast today. Very nice!<br/><br/>UPDATE: Well, I have made this 3 or 4 times and it is so easy. The last couple of times I used frozen chopped spinach which worked very well. I continue to add a little red pepper diced fine, just for some color, but it also adds a bit of sweet flavor. This last time, I added some all purpose seasoning vs fresh herbs and again, turned out very good. But, I had just a couple of spoons of ricotta leftover so I through that in and WOW, was it good. I topped the quiche with a little grated parm<br/><br/>The best thing is, is that you can really change up the cheese. I have used gruyere, swiss and mozzarella, this time was provolone and mozzarella with the parm on the top. <br/><br/>The recipe is good as is, but I love that you can change it up just a bit each time. diced olives with feta would be great or sundried tomatoes. Ham and mushrooms too. A very good easy recipe.
     
  3. YUM! Made and served this this morning for our Easter brunch. Very nice flavor. I loved the Meunster cheese! And it was really, really easy. I cut it into pie wedges and served--everyone really liked it. Thanks for posting!
     
  4. Great spinach dish! This was really easy to throw together and the end result was very nice looking. We served this with a "side" of lemon pepper chicken breast. I will be making this dish often. Thanks for the great recipe :)
     
  5. Delicious! I added chopped bacon which I cooked with the onion and spinach, otherwise I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out great. Fluffy, cheesey and so tasty. I can't wait to experiment with different ingredients.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I added a potato crust by lining a greased pan with thin slices of potato (about 3-4 potatoes) and then baking this for about ten minutes while I was preparing the rest of the ingredients. I would also add half a cup of feta cheese.
     
  2. I diced 4 slices of bacon, lightly fried in cast iron skillet I coated with a little olive oil adding onion just after about 5 minutes. Added a few handfuls of fresh spinach rough chopped, tossed to wilt and cooled in pan about 10 minutes outside in a snow bank. I used 8 eggs and 1/2 cup of light cream added directly to cooled bacon & veggies in skillet and baked as directed. Tasty!
     
  3. The Spinach I usually ordered was 'substituted' for one with less than I use in my recipes. So, I added about a cup of finely chopped Ham, some fresh Garlic in with the cooking Onions and swapped out the 'Muenster' cheese with a 'Colby, Jack and Cheddar cheese' blend. It ended up being phenomenal. Now I don't know if I want to go back to the original...
     
    • Review photo by Samantha V.
  4. I used pepper jack, added some directly to the pan and a layer on top to make a "crust". Verry good will be making again
     
    • Review photo by Roy C.
  5. It was amazing, we changed quite a bit however. We used 1/4 lb of shredded mozzarella and some parmesan. Then we also added about a quarter of a red bell pepper. Amazing though, will go to again.
     
    • Review photo by Britney O.

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