Swiss Cheese & Spinach Quiche
"This is a tasty quiche that I found in a magazine."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
1 Quiche
- Serves:
- 2-4
ingredients
- pastry dough, for one single crust pie (store bought or homemade)
- 4 slices bacon, diced
- 1⁄4 cup chopped onion
- 1⁄4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 4 eggs (or 2 cups egg substitute)
- 1⁄2 cup cottage cheese
- 1⁄4 cup shredded swiss cheese
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper, and
- 1⁄4 teaspoon paprika
- 6 tablespoons sour cream
directions
- On a lightly floured surface, unroll pastry and transfer to a 9-inch pie plate.
- Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond the edge of the plate and flute edges.
- Line unpricked pastry with a double thickness of heavy duty aluminum foil.
- Bake at 450 for 8 minutes, remove foil and bake for another 5 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack and reduce the oven to 350.
- In a small skillet cook the bacon, onions and red pepper until the veggies are tender and drain.
- Stir in the spinach.
- Spoon spinach mixture into pastry.
- In a small bowl, combine the eggs, cottage cheese, Swiss cheese and seasonings.
- Pour over spinach mixture.
- Bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean.
- Let rest for 10 minutes before cutting.
- Serve with sour cream.
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Reviews
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Real good taste but I think it's missing something. It firmed up way too hard I thought. If I make it in the future, I'll add some milk or cream and see if that helps...
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Stephen S.
Las Vegas, NV
<p>I am retired and I don't really do much of anything but cook food and download and watch movies and television. I live in Las Vegas, NV (across the street from The South Point Hotel & Casino) I like to cook a lot and gamble a little.</p>
