Spinach And Goats Cheese Quiche Recipes

GOAT'S CHEESE & WATERCRESS QUICHE

Steps:

• Put the flour and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the egg and about 1-2 tbsp water to form a soft dough. Knead well then wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Knead the pastry again and roll it out to line a 20cm loose-bottomed flan tin (the pastry won't shrink, so no need to chill). Patch holes with spare pastry and brush the base and sides with egg.
• For the filling, fry the onion in the oil until just soft, add the watercress and cook until just wilted. Beat the eggs and milk and stir in the watercress mixture and goat's cheese.
• Season and if you like, add a pinch of nutmeg. Put the flan tin on a bakingsheet and bake the pastry blind for 5 minutes. Add the filling and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 180C/gas 4/ fan 160C and cook for 25-30 minutes or until lightly set.

GOAT CHEESE AND SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• MAKE THE PASTRY: In a large bowl, whisk the flour with the salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Lightly beat the egg with the water and sprinkle over the flour mixture. Stir with a fork to lightly blend, then squeeze gently until a dough forms. Pat into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to a 14-inch round about 1/8 inch thick. Fit the round into a 12-inch tart pan with a removable bottom and trim the overhang. Refrigerate the shell for at least 20 minutes.
• Line the tart shell with foil and fill with pie weights or rice. Bake until the pastry is firm, about 30 minutes. Remove the foil and weights and bake for about 10 minutes longer, or until golden brown. Transfer the shell to a rack to cool.
• MAKE THE FILLING: Heat a large skillet. Add a large handful of the spinach and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until wilted. Transfer to a colander set over a bowl. Repeat until all of the spinach has been cooked; let cool. Squeeze the spinach dry and coarsely chop it. Toss the spinach with the garlic and spread it in the cooled pastry shell.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the milk with the cream, eggs, egg yolks, salt and pepper. Arrange the goat cheese rounds on the spinach. Pour the custard into the shell and bake for about 40 minutes, or until just set. Transfer the quiche to a rack to cool slightly. Cut into wedges and serve.

SPINACH AND GOATS CHEESE QUICHE

Steps:

• Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs (or blitz in the food processor for a few seconds. Add just enough cold water to bring the mixture together into quite a firm dough (I used 4 tbsp).
• Wrap in cling-film and chill for at least an hour.
• Pre-heat the oven to 190 C/180 C Fan/ Gas 5/375 F
• Roll out the pastry on a floured board and line a greased 20cm/8" sandwich cake tin or flan tin.
• Bake blind for 12-15 minutes or until it's just starting to colour.
• Remove from the oven and reduce the heat to 170 C/160 C Fan/ Gas 3/325 F
• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan. Add the spinach leaves and Black pepper and allow to wilt for a minute or two. Remove from the heat.
• Mix the eggs, cream and cheese together.
• Spoon the spinach into the pastry cases. Pour the egg mixture over. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the filling is golden brown and set firmly.

SPINACH & GOAT CHEESE QUICHE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 375°F. beat eggs in large bowl and set aside. melt butter in medium sauce pan and add shallots, garlic and bell pepper. cook until vegetables are soft (about 5-8 minutes). thaw and drain spinach. add shallots, garlic, peppers and spinach to eggs. add cheeses, milk and salt/pepper to mixture. stir together. Grease 1 regular pie pan and layer on pie crust. Pour mixture into the pan with crust and bake at 375°F for 45 minutes - 1 hour. Let cool for 5-10 minutes and enjoy.