Quiche Florentine

Quiche Florentine

Ingredients:

1 prepared pie crust

4 eggs

2 cups half & half

1/4 pound of Swiss cheese shredded

1/2 tsp. kosher salt

1/2 onion diced

2 cloves of garlic minced

1 bag of fresh baby spinach

Method:

Preheat oven to 425

Press your prepared pie crust into glass pie plate.

Heat 1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil on medium/low heat and saute onion and garlic until soft add spinach and cook until spinach is soft, season with salt and pepper to taste. Set this mixture aside and let cool to room temperature.

In a medium bowl whisk together eggs, half and half and salt. Pour half this custard mixture into pie plate and sprinkle in half the cheese and spinach mixture, pour in rest of the custard mixture and top with remaining ingredients. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes then lower the heat to 325 and bake for another 40 minutes or until center of quiche completely set. Let sit for 5-10 minutes before cutting.

* You can use this basic custard recipe 4 eggs, 2 cups of half and half and salt and add in any ingredients you want for example: cheddar cheese, goat cheese, feta, cooked bacon crumbles, ham, shredded chicken, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, olives, sauteed peppers and anything else you can think of.