I’m wrapping up my Christmas Day brunch with my savory Spinach & Goat Cheese Quiche. Or maybe it’s a tart? Whatever you call it doesn’t matter, just know it’s beyond delicious and honestly quite easy to make. And don’t forget only a few more days to enter our VIETRI holiday giveaway (below)! Happy Friday Loves! truly, MKR
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Spinach & Goat Cheese Quiche
2014-04-30 10:07:46
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
1 hr 5 min
Ingredients
- What you'll need...
- 6 large eggs (3 whole, 3 egg whites)
- 1 pre made pie crust (or homemade...whatever floats your boat)
- 2 large bunches of fresh spinach (if you must you can use 1 package of frozen, but it's not quite the same)
- 3 cloves of fresh garlic minced
- 1/2 onion finely chopped
- 2 cups of shredded cheese (mozzarella/cheddar mixed)
- 1 cup of crumbled goat cheese
- 1 cup milk (or rice milk if you're not doing dairy)
- salt/pepper to taste
- 1 tsp. olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Place crust in a tart or shallow pie dish, fork bottom and place pie beads on crust so it doesn't bubble. Bake crust for 20-30 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- In a sauté pan add 1 tsp of olive oil let heat, add onions and garlic. Saute for 3-5 minutes or until onions are translucent. Begin to add spinach and cook until it just begins to soften 2-3 minutes. **You want the spinach to be softened but not wilted by the heat**
- In a large bowl add eggs, milk, shredded cheese, and goat cheese. Stir in spinach, onion and garlic mixture. Add salt and pepper, stir together.
- Add entire mixture to your tart pan and cook for 45-50 minutes or until the top starts to just brown. If crust begins to burn cover with pie covers or tin foil.
- Let cool for 5-10 minutes and enjoy!
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Finding the Christmas tree in the forest.
What a great idea. I should start a Christmas brunch tradition!
Every Christmas Eve we take a long evening family walk to see the lights on all the houses, go to midnight mass and come home and make homemade Cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning.
This looks incredible!!!
I love just having the chance to spend time with family and friends. Good food is a bonus 🙂
Baking with my kids.
Putting up the outside decorations, eating cinnamon rolls on Christmas Day after putting out Baby Jesus in the manger!
Watching The Holiday while sipping red wine:)
It’s my absolute favorite! xo
That sounds divine! Happy Christmas! xo
It really is delish! xo
This looks so delicious! Could I use feta instead of goat cheese?
Absolutely! You could use any cheese you would like really! xo
What do you do with the shredded cheese?
I was trying to figure that out too when I made this last weekend! I decided since the shredded cheese wasn’t in the directions it was a typo in the ingredients. I only used the goat cheese and this came out divine!! I don’t think you need the shredded cheese (and after making it am pretty sure that is listed in the ingredients by mistake). I made it for a brunch with my family and there was not one drop left!
SORRY TO TELL YOU BUT IF YOU ARE NOT USING DAIRY I GUESS THAT WOULD MEAN NO CHEESE OR EGGS EITHER SORRY JUST THOUGH I’D LET YOU KNOW. LOL
This is the best quiche I have ever had. Hands down. I do add cranberries sprinkled on the top.
So happy to hear that, Betony!!! We’ll have to try cranberries on it next time too. Cheers! xo
Hello,
My husband and I made this for dinner tonight and even though we used a deep dish pre-made piecrust, we had enough mixture for 2 full pies. I’m surprised a tartlet pan would be large enough for the mixture. It was delicious and we got 2 pies out of it. A little much for 2 people, but lost of left overs, I suppose.
Oh goodness, that is so amazing! Can you freeze one? And maybe I need to re-look at the recipe and see if I accidentally doubled it. xo
Just curious— can this quiche be made ahead of time and frozen, then baked/warmed in the morning? I’ve made this several years for Easter morning but I don’t have time this year in the morning. I would like to make it ahead of time! Thanks!
Can’t wait to try this.