Awesome Mini Spinach Quiche Bites

"These are wonderful to serve as an appetizer and I have done so many times at my get togethers, everone loves these! to save even more time you can purchase the ready-made small tart shells and the recipe may be doubled if desired."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
24 mini quiches
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ingredients

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directions

  • Set the oven to 375 degrees.
  • On a lightly floured surface, with a 1-1/2-inch biscuit cutter, cut out 12 rounds from the thawed pie crust.
  • Press each of the rounds into the bottom, and up the sides of ungreased mini muffin cups.
  • Repeat with the second pie crust.
  • In a skillet, cook the bacon until brown and very crisp; drain.
  • Add in the onions to the same skillet with the bacon drippings, cook for 5 minutes, or until tender, stirring constantly; drain.
  • Place the onions in a medium bowl.
  • Crumble the bacon into small pieces, and add in with the cooked green onion.
  • Add in the eggs to the bacon and onions; beat well.
  • Stir in the cream, salt, nutmeg and the Parmesan cheese.
  • Add in the squeezed spinach; mix well to combine.
  • Divide the mixture evenly into crust-lined cups.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.
  • Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
  • Loosen quiches from pan with tip of knife.
  • Serve warm or cool.
  • Store in the refrigerator.

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Reviews

  1. I used ready made frozen, pastry shells. was a little short of spinach (used fresh) and added a shot of HOT Thai Chili sauce to each after baking. There is a smile on our faces after enjoying these lovely morsels. The bacon and the nutmeg are the secrets. I didn't use half & half cream just a bit of 1% milk. It all worked and served with my Sunday Martini WOW
     
  2. These are definely "awesome"! I brought them for a work party today, and everyone loved them (YAY!). I did use phyllo dough instead of regular pie crust. Otherwise, made exactly as directed. THANKS! :-)
     
  3. I made this last night and it turned out great! I didn't have any green onions, so I used finely chopped regular onion instead. Also, I used Heavy Cream instead of half-and-half. I used 3 eggs and 3/4 cup cream, and yielded 18 quiches in a regular sized muffin pan. I used a glass to cut out 3" circles of pie dough.
     
  4. These are great, and they look so apetising. I don't have mini muffin tins, so I used standard ones I just didn't fill them all the way up the sides, which made 18 quiches. I used semi skimmed milk instead of cream, to reduce calories a little and gouda instead of the parmesan, as I didn't have any. All the flavours blend really well together. It didn't state in the recipe what to do with the cheese listed in the ingredients so I mixed it in with everything else, before dividing it. Thanks for sharing! :) (Dec 4, 2004) *Update* I forgot to add that these freeze well and can just be defrosted in the fridge overnight. Reheat covered in a medium hot oven if required, approx 15 minutes.
     
  5. Love these! Great recipe!
     
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  1. These are great, and they look so apetising. I don't have mini muffin tins, so I used standard ones I just didn't fill them all the way up the sides, which made 18 quiches. I used semi skimmed milk instead of cream, to reduce calories a little and gouda instead of the parmesan, as I didn't have any. All the flavours blend really well together. It didn't state in the recipe what to do with the cheese listed in the ingredients so I mixed it in with everything else, before dividing it. Thanks for sharing! :) (Dec 4, 2004) *Update* I forgot to add that these freeze well and can just be defrosted in the fridge overnight. Reheat covered in a medium hot oven if required, approx 15 minutes.
     
  2. They turned out great! I made sure to spray my muffin tin with cooking spray before filling, and they turned a lovely golden on the bottom. I also split the recipe, and use canola oil instead of bacon dripping to saute the onions for a vegetarian version. Turned out delicious too!
     

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