Quiche : Spinach and Bacon

dividend's Note:

My mom made fun of me the first time I made this quiche, because it doesn't have any cheese! According to her, the definition of quiche is "cheese pie." I don't know if that's true. But I do know that I don't notice the lack of cheese in this quiche.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 10 ounces spinach, blanched, shocked, drained, and finely chopped or 10 ounces frozen spinach , thawed and drained
• 4 tablespoons butter
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 3 eggs , well beaten
• 1 carrot , grated
• 1 onion , chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried dill
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 3 slices bacon , cooked and crumbled
• 1 (9 inch) pastry crust , pre-cooked (use either Basic Pastry Crust Basic Pastry Crust, or Bacon Pastry Crust Recipe #154002)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Melt butter over low heat. Add flour and stir until smooth.
3. Add milk and continue stirring.
4. Slowly add eggs, then stir in the rest of the ingredients.
5. Pour the mixture into the crust in a 9 inch pie pan.
6. Bake for 40 minutes.

Reviews

[Chief cook and bottlewasher]

I tried this quiche last night. It was very tasty, even without the cheese. The one thing I left out was the onions because my kids don't seem to like their texture. I put in onion powder to have the flavor though. I think that maybe a little more bacon would have been good but really the recipe is so fine as is. I used the recommended pie crust and made it in my food processor. Thanks for sharing.

[GaylaJ]

Very good! I subbed a large clove of minced garlic for the garlic powder and added freshly ground black pepper and a good pinch of kosher salt, but pretty well followed the rest of the recipe. I only had baby-cut carrots on hand, so I just tossed a large handful in the food processor and finely chopped. I was concerned there may be too much dill, but went ahead and used the full amount; it seemed to blend with the flavors fine. Enjoyed your recipe--thanks for sharing it!

[Seebee]

I've been looking for a recipe for a spinach quiche without cheese, and this was great! I used a bacon substitute and threw some saute'd mushrooms in there, and it worked very well.