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    Home > Recipes > Breakfast & Brunch

    Spinach Quiche with Cheese and Pine Nuts

    ↓ Jump to Recipe · By: Julia Foerster · Posted: 01/05/16 · Updated: 08/19/22 · This post may contain affiliate links

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    My Spinach Quiche with Cheese and Pine Nuts is easy to make and perfect for brunch and parties! It also makes a perfect dinner. You can eat this Quiche hot and cold because the crust won’t go soggy.

    My Spinach Quiche with Cheese and Pine Nuts is easy to make and perfect for brunch and parties! It also makes a perfect dinner.

    A Quiche is a savoury kind of pie from France. It is traditionally eaten warm as an Appetizer or with salad as a main dish. There are classic quiches like Quiche Lorraine (filled with bacon, creme fraiche, and eggs) or when you add onions it will become a Quiche Alsacienne. It’s common to drink a glass of wine with your quiche or “Federweißer” which is a very young wine.

    My Spinach Quiche with Cheese is easy to make and perfect for brunch and parties! It also makes a perfect dinner.

    All kinds of quiche have the basics in common: Pie crust is filled with an egg and milk custard which is mixed with all sorts of extras like cheese and vegetables.

    My quiche version uses eggs, whole milk, Austrian mountain cheese (any kind of mature cheese will do this job), cream cheese, onions, frozen spinach and pine nuts.

    A spinach quiche with cheese and pine nuts on a springform bottom with a slice missing. There's a white plate with a slice in the background.
    Servings: 8

    Spinach Quiche with Cheese and Pine Nuts

    My Spinach Quiche with Cheese and Pine Nuts is easy to make and perfect for brunch and parties! It can be eaten hot and cold.
    Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: French
    Calories: 428kcal
    Author: Julia Foerster
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    Ingredients

    Pie Crust:

    • 2 cups all purpose flour, 250 gr
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1 egg
    • 1/2 cup cold butter, 120 g
    • 2 tbsp cold water

    Quiche filling:

    • salt and pepper
    • nutmeg
    • 4 eggs
    • 1 onion
    • 25 oz frozen Spinach, 750 g
    • 2 tbsp bread crumbs
    • 1/2 cup milk, 120 ml
    • 4 oz cream cheese, 100 g
    • 4 oz sliced gouda cheese or mature cheddar, 100 g
    • 2 tbsp pine nuts
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    Instructions

    • For the crust: Mix flour and salt. Add 1 egg, butter and cold water. Use your hands to form a smooth dough. Cover with cling film and put the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes.
    • Finely slice the onion and saute in some oil. Add frozen spinach and 2 tbsp water. Bring to the boil, cover and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally. Take the lid off and let simmer for another 5 minutes until the excess water is evaporated. Season with salt, pepper and a little bit of nutmeg.
    • Preheat your oven to 390°F (200°C). On a floured work surface, roll out the chilled pie dough until you have a circle 14 inches in diameter. Carefully place the dough into a prepared 11-inch pie dish and tuck it in with your fingers. Prick with a fork a few times and sprinkle breadcrumbs (this helps with too much moisture) on top.
    • Spread the spinach onto the dough. Mix 4 eggs, cream cheese and milk. Cut the cheese into small pieces and add to the egg mixture. Pour the mixture onto the spinach. Distribute everything evenly.
    • Bake for 45 minutes. 5 minutes before the time is up, sprinkle pine nuts on top.
    • Serve hot or cold!

    Nutrition Information

    Calories: 428kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 165mg | Sodium: 656mg | Potassium: 471mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 11248IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 279mg | Iron: 4mg
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    My Spinach Quiche with Cheese and Pine Nuts is easy to make and perfect for brunch and parties! It also makes a perfect dinner.

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    1. lisa @ garlicandzest.com says

      January 05, 2016 at 9:04 pm

      Great minds think alike — I just pulled a spinach quiche out of the oven!

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      • Julia says

        January 05, 2016 at 9:12 pm

        My hubby just ate the last piece of my quiche. Would love to have a piece of yours, Lisa! :-)

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