Spinach Quiche

I actually cooked from a recipe! I will have to post that later, but for now here is a photo recipe of very first Quiche. I'm so glad that it actually ended up tasting good. I wasn't sure if I liked Quiche or not until I made this and it's a keeper.

This first picture is to help demonstrate the consistency of the pie crust. You can see in the bowl it looks dry, but when you press it into the pie tin, its moist enough to stay in place. I used a basic oil-based pie crust recipe but also added a little shortening and water to get it the way I wanted it.

I don't like to roll pie crust out, because I prefer it to be thick. After I press it into a pie tin, I used a fork to stamp the outside edge.

While baking the pie crust, I prepared some grilled chopped onion, added bacon and sliced the spinach for the quiche. I made a mistake and should have lined the pie crust with tin foil when I baked it initially, it got a little too brown. Oh well, next time.

The other half of the recipe was the egg mixture complete with mozzarella and a dash of pepper. I reduced the amount of eggs that the recipe called for. I have had quiche once or twice in my life, and I always though it was too egg-ie. I know that's kind of the point of a quiche, it's an egg dish. However, the recipe I used called for 8 eggs and I only wanted to use 5. I think the taste was MUCH BETTER  this way.

Since I didn't want to burn the edges of the pie crust any further, This time I lined the outside edges with a double layer of tin foil. This makes it so that the crust doesn't burn. After I lined the pie, i mixed all of the ingredients in the bowl and poured it in the tin. I was able to make 1 pie from the recipe.

This is the result! Because I over cooked the crust a little, some of it crumbled off. I baked this for about 45 minutes and the recipe called for 50-60 minutes. I new it was done when I could insert a tooth pick in the center and it came out clean.

The recipe mentioned that a tomato would compliment this well, and it was right. It was so yummy! A little balsamic vinaigrette on the tomato and some rosemary and it was the perfect meal.

The recipe as they cooked it in the book I followed is about 410 calories per serving. With my version, we eliminate some of those calories because I only used 5 eggs instead of 8, but just be aware that this dish is high in calorie, but it also has lots of good spinach and protein.

I think some of the things that are IMPORTANT for this recipe that made it so good was the grilled onions and bacon. I didn't add a whole lot of bacon (only about 5 strips) but the flavor was so good. I also put 1 tbsp of sugar in my pie crust and it made it so yummy. I left the bottom of the pie crust a little thick too. Also, I like that the recipe had me add sour cream to the egg mixture, it gave it a great taste and consistency.