SPINACH AND FETA CHESSE QUICHE RECIPE

 quiche is a savoury open pastry crust with a filling made with eggs and milkwith one or more of cheese, meat and vegetables.Quiche can be served hot or cold. It is part of French  cuisine is also popular in other countries, particularly as party food.
   
       Today I'm going to share easy and healthy spinach and feta cheese quiche. It tastes soooo yummy!!!!!!! With wonderful flavors. Though quiche recipes called for cheddar cheese, I added processed cheese instead of cheddar cheese. Because cheddar is not available in my place. If you can find cheddar cheese in your place then I highly recommend you to use cheddar cheese. Trust me this quiche is very very tasty that no one can stop with one piece. When I served to my hubby and kids they finished it with in few minutes!!!!! Happy me!!!!!!

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Makes 8 inch quiche

Ingredients :

For short crust pastry dough :

All purpose flour/maida : 150 grams

Butter : 75 grams

Powdered sugar : 2 table spoons

Ice cold water : 1 to 2 table spoons

For filling :

Chopped spinach : 2 (medium size bunches)

Eggs : 2

Milk : 1/3 cup

Butter : 2 table spoons

Feta cheese : 100 grams

Cheddar cheese or any cheese : 1/2 cup (grated)

Large chopped onion : 1

Chopped garlic : 2 tea spoons

Pepper powder :  1/2 tea spoon

Pinch of salt

Method :

First start making short crust pastry dough (click here for recipe).

Now refrigerate dough for 1 hour.

Now take chilled dough from refrigerator, put dough in plastic wrap and cover the dough with another plastic wrap then roll it,  check the size by placing pie mould

Now remove the plastic wrap and gently line the pie mould with rolled sheet press it gently and keep in refrigerator until we make filling.

Now to make filling take a pan add butter and then add onions and garlic. Saute for couple of minutes.

Now add chopped spinach and saute well. Now add little salt and pepper powder,stir until mixture gets dry and remove from fire. Let it cool for some time.

Now take milk and eggs in a bowl add some pepper powder and whisk it well and keep a side.

Now take pie mould from refrigerator, spread spinach mixture, then spread feta cheese and cheddar cheese.

Now pour egg mixture over it and bake it for 40 to 45 minutes or until top changes into golden color in 180degrees Celsius in preheated oven. (preheat oven in 200 degrees for 10 minutes)

Now take baked quiche from oven let it cool completely for 10 minutes and serve.

Pictorial :

Prepare your pastry dough and refrigerate it (recipe here)

Place it in between 2 plastic wraps and roll it

Check the size by placing mould

Remove one side's cling wrap

Gently place rolled sheet on pie mould and remove cling wrap 

Press it gently and remove the excess dough and refrigerate it until we make filling

Now to make filling heat butter in a pan

Add onions

Add garlic

Saute for couple of minutes

Now add spinach and saute well

Now add little salt and pepper powder

Cook until mixture turns dry and remove from fire

Now take eggs in a bowl add pepper powder

Add milk

Whisk it well and keep a side

Now spread spinach mixture in chilled pie mould

Spread it evenly

Spread feta cheese evenly

Spread some cheddar cheese

Pour egg mixture

Now bake it

It's done now,let it cool for some time

Serve!!!

Delicious....!!!!