I love to vary my standard recipe for Quiche Lorraine by modifying the veggies and cheese that I use. This Spinach, Onion, and Mushroom Quiche was a great combination and a real winner.
Quiche first came to the attention of the American public in the 1950s through the standard Quiche Lorraine. A combination of egg custard, bacon, and onions, baked in a pastry crust, it remains one of my favorites. Still I love to improvise and recently my refrigerator gave birth to this Spinach, Onion, and Mushroom Quiche with White Cheddar Cheese. Yes, I am glad I took that chance!
As you might already know, I dont always sit down and plan recipes so much as I see what ingredients I have and pull something together from those ingredients. Often its a case of either use them or lose them, you know how quickly both spinach and mushrooms can change from perfect to perfectly unacceptable. It was their time and this was the delicious result.
My first quiche experience is one Ill never forget and Im sure Ive mentioned it in these pages before. I was a new transplant to Raleigh, NC with my new husband. We settled in an apartment building and were lucky that our next door neighbors were from my hometown of St. Louis too. We had a dog they loved, they had a daughter we loved and we became almost inseparable.
One afternoon there was a knock on my door and expecting to see Janie, I was surprised instead to see Alma, a nice older woman who lived on the first floor with her husband. We had waved to each other a lot but she was taking it a step further, she was inviting both couples to dinner at her apartment. Janie offered to bring a cocktail and I volunteered dessert and we were set.
If Im honest, I was delighted to accept but I anticipated that dinner would be similar to what my mother-in-law cooked and I was prepared for a sort of stodgy casserole with some veggies on the side. Was I in for a surprise!
Alma turned out to be a fantastic cook and in the time we lived there, we dined together frequently and she taught me so much. My first lesson? French food. I had never had anything that would be considered French cuisine so when our first course was Quiche Lorraine I was intrigued. It was love at first bite. I still have that recipe card Alma gave me too; now its an antique!
Creamy egg custard with melted cheese, onions, and bacon swirled throughout all in a crispy crust; it was simply divine. Today I make it a part of my regular dinner rotation because it is SO easy and Ive learned that mixing up ingredients means veggies running the gamut from A(sparagus) to Z(ucchini).
Quiche is also a perfect little dish to serve for so many occasions. It can be breakfast or brunch, could be an appetizer, make your meatless Monday meal delicious and in our home certainly its dinner with a gorgeous, crisp salad on the side. If its not something youve tried before, what are you waiting forits for real men AND women!
PIN IT Spinach, Onion, and Mushroom Quiche
Spinach, Onion, and Mushroom Quiche
A creamy., cheesy quiche with spinach and mushrooms in a pastry crust.
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust, homemade or store bought
- 4 Eggs
- 1 cups Heavy Cream
- 8 oz. White Sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded
- teaspoon Coarse Kosher Salt
- teaspoon Pepper
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/2 large onion; thinly sliced
- 1 pint (8 oz.) Mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cloves Garlic, Minced
- 6 oz. Baby Spinach
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425.
Unroll pie dough into a deep dish pie pan, prick all over with fork.
Prebake pie dough for 12 minutes, remove and set aside. Reduce oven temperature to 350.
Whisk together eggs, salt, pepper and heavy cream; stir in cheese set aside
In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter, add olive oil.
Add onion and cook until wilted and opaque. Add mushrooms, cook until golden, about 8-10 minutes.
Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
Toss in spinach and cook until just wilted. Allow mixture to cool for about 10 minutes; drain off any water.
Stir the vegetable mixture into the egg mixture and pour into pre baked pie crust.
Place onto a rimmed cookie sheet and bake for 45-50 minutes or until set.
Lightly wrap foil around crust if it starts to get too dark.
Recommended Products
As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn revenue from qualifying purchases.
The post Spinach, Onion, and Mushroom Quiche appeared first on Creative Culinary.