Ingredients

  • Pastry.
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 90g butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tblspn lemon juice (approximately)
  • Filling:
  • 1 bunch english spinach
  • 2 tblspns oil
  • 4 bacon rashers chopped
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 125g fetta cheese
  • 3 eggs
  • 200g carton sour cream
  • 2tblspns grated parmesan cheese

Directions

Pastry: Sift flour into bowl, rub in butter, add egg yolk and enough lemon juice to mix to a firm dough. Cover refreigerate 30 minutes. Roll dough out large enough to line a 23cm flan tin, trim edges. Cover pastry with greaseproof paper, fill with dried beans or rice. Bake in moderately hot oven 7 minutes, remove paper and beans, bake further 7 minutes. Spread spinach mixture evenly over pastry, top with feta cheese. Pour in egg mixture, sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake in moderate oven for about 30 minutes or until set.

Filling:
Chop spinach leaves finely. Heat oil in pan, add spinach, cook stirring until spinach is just wilted: drain well. Add bacon and onion to pan, cook stirring, until onion is soft, drain. Crumble feta cheese: whisk eggs and cream together in bowl.



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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: womens weekly
Submitted By: Faye
olda@arach.net.au
Spinach, bacon & fetta cheese quiche