Recipe: Delicious Spinach and Bacon Quiche

Spinach and Bacon Quiche. Spinach, Cheddar cheese, bacon, eggs, and cream make up the delectable filling for this yummy quiche, which is made with a premade pie crust. This Spinach and Bacon Quiche is baked in a tender and flakey pie crust and is one of my favorites brunch on the weekends. If you love quiche as much as I do, don't miss my Quiche Lorraine and Broccoli Cheese Quiche recipes.

Savory quiche, filled with spinach, Gruyere, caramelized onions, ham, bacon and mushrooms! My version is made extra easy by using frozen pie crust, and most of the ingredients can be prepped ahead of time, making this a fabulous, easy meal!! This is a recipe that I've been wanting to put on the blog. You can have Spinach and Bacon Quiche using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Spinach and Bacon Quiche

1. It's 26 cm (10 inch) of springform or Quiche form.
2. Prepare of Tart crust.
3. Prepare 250 g of flour.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
5. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
6. You need 125 g of cold butter, cut in little pieces.
7. Prepare 1 of egg.
8. Prepare of Filling.
9. It's 150 g of bacon, cut in small cubes.
10. You need 1 of onion, diced.
11. You need 1 Tbsp of butter or oil.
12. You need 2 bunches of fresh spinach (about 500 g).
13. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.
14. It's 4 of eggs.
15. Prepare 200 ml of heavy cream (can sub milk or mix too).
16. It's 1/4 tsp of nutmeg.

This delicious Swiss cheese, spinach and bacon quiche is made using refrigerated pie crust making this a fast quiche to whip up. Combine the eggs, cream, salt and pepper in a food processor or blender. Layer the spinach, bacon and cheese in the bottom of the pie crust. This easy low carb keto crustless spinach bacon quiche adapted from the original Atkins quiche recipe is great for those following the Atkins Induction What I like about this low carb spinach bacon quiche it is that it's not custardy.

Spinach and Bacon Quiche step by step

1. Make the crust: mix flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and rub it into the flour until sandy..
2. Add the egg (beaten) and gently knead together to form a ball. If crumbly, add one Tbsp cold water at a time until it brings the dough together. Chill for 30 minutes..
3. Cut of 1/3 of the tart dough and set aside (you will use it for the sides of the Quiche).
4. Using the remaining 2/3 of the dough, roll it out into a round piece to fit the bottom of your form. Lay it the bottom of the form and cut off the extra dough going up the sides of necessary..
5. With the 1/3 piece of dough you set aside, roll it out into a long roll (like a snake) to long enough to wrap around the sides of the form. Wrap it around the sides, and press it up the sides of the form. Make sure you also press it into the bottom part of the crust so it won't leak. Crimp with a fork along the top of the sides..
6. Chill for 15 minutes, preheat oven to 190C..
7. Cover the quiche crust lightly with foil and pour in some pie weights or dry beans. Dry bake for 15 minutes then remove from oven..
8. Make the filling: heat oil or butter in a large frying pan. Saute the onions with the bacon until onions are soft and bacon is cooked..
9. Roughly chop the spinach and add to the frying pan. Saute until spinach is soft. Add salt and pepper to taste. Fill the pre-baked Quiche crust with the spinach mixture..
10. In a bowl, whisk together eggs and cream along with a dash of salt, pepper and nutmeg. Pour into the quiche crust over top the spinach..
11. Careful put into oven (still at 190C) and bake for 25-30 minutes or until center is set. Enjoy warm or chilled..

It's substantial in texture and makes the perfect breakfast for Atkin's. Case in point: My Spinach Bacon Quiche, that's not only quick to pull together, but also tastes incredibly delicious. The way to make a bacon and spinach quiche filling is to brown the bacon with some chopped onion, add the spinach to wilt, and then let this cool while assembling the egg mixture. No time to make your own pastry for Spinach and Bacon Quiche? Use a rolled refrigerated, unbaked pie crust instead to speed up the preparation time for this delicious breakfast quiche.