In a mood for something savory and something different…a quiche it is.
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Ingredients
- 240 Gms Maida
- 130 Gms Chilled and cubed unsalted butter
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tbsp Icing sugar or sugar pwd
- 1.5 Tbsp Cold Water
For the filling
- 200 Gms Spinach
- 50 Gms Cheese ( i used 2 cubes of amul processed cheese)
- 3 Nos Eggs
- 200 Gms Fresh cream
- 1-2 Nos Boiled potato
- Salt and pepper As per taste
- Nutmeg pwd As per taste
Ingredients
For the filling
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Instructions
- Sieve the maida.
- Add the chilled cubed butter, salt and sugar pwd.
- Pinch the chilled fat into the maida and then rub the fat (between your palms lightly) into the maida till you reach a consistency similar to bread crumbs.
- Add the cold water and bring it together into a lump (care to be taken so that the dough is not over kneaded, if it is over kneaded, the pastry tends to become tough and brittle).
- Place the dough onto a cling film or box and let it rest in the fridge for atleast 30 mins.
- After 30 mins, flour the platform and roll the dough till it is say 4 - 5 mm. (Alternatively one could also roll the dough between two sheets of butter paper)
- Once the dough is rolled, carefully lift it and place it onto a pie tin / mold (i have used a 8 inch pie tin with loose bottom).
- Press the rolled pastry evenly on the edges and sides, trim / cut any excess pastry.
- Using a fork, prick the base of the pastry
- Blind Baking the pastry: Line the pastry with butter paper and fill it with dried beans (moong or chickpeas etc) and bake at 200 degees C for 12-15 mins till the edges are lightly brown (Shown in pic 1)
- Once it is a little cooled, remove the dried beans and bake for another 5-10 mins till the base of the pastry is also cooked and get a pale colour ( shown in pic 2).
Filling
- Cook / blanch the spinach and chop them finely. (Remove excess water from spinach before preparing the below mix).
- In a bowl add the eggs, grated cheese, nutmeg pwd, cream, spinach, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Slice the boiled potatoes thinly and set aside.
Bringing it all together
- In the pre baked pastry, lay the sliced potato as shown in pic 3.
- Add the filling on top of the potatoes and bake for about 15-20 mins / till done at 170 degrees C ( the baked quiche should have a slight soft texture and not a completely firm texture)
- Once it is cooled a little, remove the quiche from the mold, slice and serve. Njoy!!
5 comments
Looks beautiful and delicious! Will definitely try this
Nice recipe. Sounds delicious. I love Spinach in all its variety.
Am hungry already this is nice I have to try preparing thanks
Looks healthy and delicious! Will share on my Twitter!
Yummy! I need to try it ! I love everything with spinach 😀