Bacon and Spinach Breakfast Quiche with a Potato Crust
I love quiche recipes. This is a new one for me to try.
I found this one on Facebook from Bobby Parrish
I found this one on Facebook from Bobby Parrish
Ingredients:
1.5 lb small potatoes
Salt & Pepper
6 strips bacon
1 small onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
8-10 oz frozen spinach (thawed and liquid squeezed out)
6 eggs
1/2 cup whole milk
Parmesan, grated finely
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Add the potatoes to a pot of boiling water and add a generous pinch of salt. Let it cook for 10-12 minutes. Then take a spring form pan, line the bottom with parchment paper, and drizzle some olive oil on the bottom then spread that around. Take the potatoes and dump them into the pan. Then take a small cup and gently press down on the potatoes to smash them. Creating one even layer of potatoes all around the bottom and about 1-1.5 inches up the side forming a ‘crust’.
Drizzle some olive oil over top, add some salt and pepper, then put it in the oven to crisp up for 15 minutes.
Next chop the bacon and add it to a lightly oiled ceramic pan on medium heat. Slow cook it until it’s cooked through, then remove it from the pan, saving about 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat in the pan.
Dice the onion and finely chop the garlic cloves, then add that to the ceramic pan with the bacon grease, add a pinch of salt and cook it for about 6 minutes. When it has a nice golden color, add the thawed and drained spinach then add another pinch of salt and cook it for another 2 minutes or until the spinach is warmed through. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a medium bowl, crack in the eggs, add the milk, and grate over some Parmesan (as much as you like), whisk to combine, then add in the bacon, onions, garlic, and spinach and give it another whisk up.
Pour the egg mixture into the potato crust, and bake it in the oven for about 30 minutes or until the center is set and not jiggly.
Let it cool for about 5 minutes before you run a knife around the edge and release the spring form.
Slice in to cut your perfect piece and enjoy!