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Spring Planting and Mud Season with Oakhurst Chocolate Milk with Spinach Bacon and Blue Cheese Quiche Recipe - From the Family

Spinach, Bacon & Blue Cheese Quiche


Ingredients

  • 4 cups fresh baby spinach
  • 1 TBSP olive oil
  • ½ lb bacon cooked and crumbled into small pieces
  • 1 cup blue cheese crumbles
  • 3/4 cup Oakhurst 2%  milk
  • 3/4 cup Oakhurst  heavy cream
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
  • salt and pepper to taste about 1/4 tsp salt & 1/8 tsp pepper
  • 1 unbaked refrigerated pie crust either store bought or homemade!
  • flour for rolling out dough

Instructions

To wilt the spinach:

  1. Wash your spinach and leave slightly wet.  In a large saute pan heat 1 TBSP olive oil over medium heat.  Add your spinach and stir to evenly cook until they have wilted. 4 cups may seem like a lot but they will cook down quite a bit!

For the quiche:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out a full recipe of pie crust to about 1/4 inch thick. Place into a glass 9" pie plate, trim edges, and create crust border (I pinched the crust between my thumb and pointer finger. You could press with a fork instead to make it easier). You can also use a store bought pie crust if desired.
  3. In a large bowl whisk together the milk, heavy cream, eggs and egg yolk. Season with pinch of nutmeg and salt and pepper. Whisk until fully blended.
  4. Evenly sprinkle the bacon, blue cheese and wilted spinach into the bottom of your pie crust. Pour the egg mixture into your crust.
  5. Bake for 50-60 minutes until puffed and set. Let set on a wire rack for about 5 minutes before cutting.

Recipe Notes

Notes: I used a pie crust shield when baking my quiche.  This helps keep the pie crust from getting too dark on the edges. You could also use strips of tin foil over the edges if you don't have a pie shield.