Spinach Bacon Quiche
We absolutely love this recipe. It is one of my favorite dishes to make on my meal prep Sundays. It is great for breakfast, lunch, brunch or dinner. You can also skip the crust and make these in a muffin pan.
Funny story…When I was a kid we had a potluck at school and my mom sent me with a Quiche. I was so embarrassed because none of my friends were going to eat the food I brought. I wanted nothing more than my friends to eat and enjoy my moms amazing cooking. But she sent me with a Quiche, can you believe it!?! Turns out the teachers LOVED her Quiche. They were so happy to finally have a dish that was more adult friendly than kid friendly.
Of coarse now as an adult I too love Quiche. 🙂 What I think makes this recipe so great is what happens to the moisture from the spinach mixing with the cheese. It creates this amazing creamy texture. I hope you love this recipe too.
Spinach Bacon Quiche
Ingredients
- Pie Crust
- 5 oz. Fresh Spinach
- ½ Cup Crumbled Bacon cooked
- ½ Cup Green Onions chopped
- 6 oz. Gruyere Cheese shredded
- ½ Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1½ Cups Egg Whites
- ⅛ tsp Cayenne Pepper optional
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°
- In a sauté pan on medium heat, wilt spinach. This is an important step as you want it to release some of itsmoisture, but not all.
- Ifusing a store bought pie crust you will want to make sure that it is thawed.
- Nextyou are going to work in batches sprinkling the cheese, onions, bacon, andspinach into the unbaked pie crust. Iusually have at least three layers of each. Also, I try to spread the spinach leaves out so that they cover a largerarea.
- In a separate bowl or large measuring cup mix together the egg whites, heavycream, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper.
- Once mixed, pour mixture over quiche layers. I will lightly press down on the ingredients so that they are fullycovered by the egg mixture.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 425° then reduce oven temperature to 300° and bake for an additional 20 minutes. Keep an eye on your crust to make sure itdoesn’t get too brown. If it startsgetting a little to brown, cover the edges with foil.
- The quiche is done when it no longer jiggles. 🙂 This is one of those recipes that if you stick a knife in it to test it, it will never come out clean because the moisture from the spinach mixes with the cheese and results in a very creamy texture.
- Allow Quiche to cool at least 10 minutes before cutting. This is great, cold, warm or reheated.