Bacon Spinach & Cheese Quiche

Name: Bacon Spinach & Cheese Quiche
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: serves
Ingredients: Pastry; 1 ½ cups plain flour; 125g butter; 1 egg, lightly beaten; Filling; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 200g short bacon rashers, chopped; 100g baby spinach; Freshly ground black pepper; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 300ml pouring cream; 1 cup grated tasty cheese

By Bridget O’Connor

Have you ever tried making a quiche? Many people consider them to be the pinnacle of grown up cooking. When you’ve added a quiche to your repertoire, you’re finally a proper adult. Not only does this versatile dish work for brunch, lunch or dinner, but it is incredibly resilient to all manner of substitutions. Swap out the cheese for what you have on hand, use leftover chicken, turkey or ham if you’re looking for ways to clean out your fridge, and throw in any vegetables sitting in your crisper. Mastering this recipe ensures it will always taste delicious.

Function: Circo Therm®

Bacon Spinach & Cheese Quiche

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Prep: 15 minutes

Cooking: 45 minutes

difficulty: Mid

Ingredients

Pastry

1 ½ cups plain flour
125g butter
1 egg, lightly beaten

Filling

1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
200g short bacon rashers, chopped
100g baby spinach
Freshly ground black pepper
4 eggs, lightly beaten
300ml pouring cream
1 cup grated tasty cheese

Method

Place the flour and butter for the pastry into a medium size bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the egg and mix to form a dough. Wrap the pastry in plastic wrap and allow to rest while you prepare the filling.
Heat a frying pan over a high heat, Induction level 8. Add the oil to the pan then add onion and bacon and cook, stirring constantly for 4 to 5 minutes or until onion is tender and bacon is golden brown. Reduce the heat to medium, Induction level 5 and add the spinach. Continue cooking, stirring constantly until spinach is wilted & moisture is evaporated. Season well with pepper & allow to cool completely.
Place the pastry between 2 sheets of baking paper and roll out to a circle approximately 2 to 3mm in thickness. Place the pastry into a 22cm x 4.5cm deep flan pan and refrigerate until ready to use.
Preheat the oven on CircoTherm Intensive to 190˚c and place the wire rack on shelf 1. Combine the eggs and the cream and mix well.
Pierce the base of the pastry case with a fork.
Spoon the cooled bacon mixture over the base of the pastry. Sprinkle with the grated cheese and carefully pour the egg mixture over the cheese.
Bake for 15 minutes then reduce the temperature to 160˚c for 30 minutes or until quiche is set and pastry is golden.

Authors Bio

Bridget has worked in the home appliance industry for more than 15 years. She loves to cook & really enjoys working with customers to help them select appliances to best suit their needs as well as following up with further instruction when the appliances are installed.

Bacon Spinach & Cheese Quiche

Bacon Spinach & Cheese Quiche

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