Swiss Cheese & Spinach Quiche

Stephen Shafer's Note:

This is a tasty quiche that I found in a magazine.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 2-4

Yield: 1.0 Quiche

• pastry dough , for one single crust pie (store bought or homemade)
• 4 slices bacon , diced
• ¼ cup chopped onion
• ¼ cup chopped sweet red pepper
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach , thawed and squeezed dry
• 4 eggs (or 2 cups egg substitute)
• ½ cup cottage cheese
• ¼ cup shredded swiss cheese
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper , and
• ¼ teaspoon paprika
• 6 tablespoons sour cream

Directions:

1. On a lightly floured surface, unroll pastry and transfer to a 9-inch pie plate.
2. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond the edge of the plate and flute edges.
3. Line unpricked pastry with a double thickness of heavy duty aluminum foil.
4. Bake at 450 for 8 minutes, remove foil and bake for another 5 minutes.
5. Cool on a wire rack and reduce the oven to 350.
6. In a small skillet cook the bacon, onions and red pepper until the veggies are tender and drain.
7. Stir in the spinach.
8. Spoon spinach mixture into pastry.
9. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, cottage cheese, Swiss cheese and seasonings.
10. Pour over spinach mixture.
11. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean.
12. Let rest for 10 minutes before cutting.
13. Serve with sour cream.

Reviews

[Chef #1303956]

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...