Ingredients

  • PASTRY.
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 90butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tablestpoon lemon juice (approx)
  • FILLING
  • 1 bunch english spinach
  • 2 tblspns oil
  • 4 bacon rashers, chopped
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 125g feta cheese
  • 3 eggs
  • 200g carton sour cream
  • 2 tblspns grated parmesan cheese

Directions

PASTRY: Sift flour into bowl, rub in butter. add egg yok and enough lemon juice to mix to a firm dough. Cover, refrigerate 30 mins. Roll dough out large enought 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: Light & Luscious Summertime cookbook
Submitted By: faye
olda@arach.net.au
SPINACH BACON & FETA CHEESE QUICHE