This Spinach and Bacon Quiche is baked in a tender and flakey pie crust and is one of my favorites brunch on the weekends.
If you love quiche as much as I do, don't miss my Quiche Lorraine and Broccoli Cheese Quiche recipes.
My favorite thing about quiches is how you can adapt them to use what you have and what you like. Use any kind of cheese, or add extra veggies like chopped bell pepper, mushrooms or zucchini.
How to Make Spinach Bacon Quiche:
1. Prepare your pie crust dough. Blind bake crust: roll out one disc of pie dough into a circle, 12 inches in diameter. Place in pie dish and crimp edges. Place a piece of parchment paper inside the pan and add 2 cups of pie weights, dry beans or rice. Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes. Remove parchment paper and pie weights. Prick pie crust all over with a fork, then return to the oven for 8 more minutes.
2. Cook bacon, in a skillet. Once cooked, remove to a plate and chop. Remove most of the grease from the pan and add onion and spinach. Sauté for 2 minutes.
3. Add bacon, onion, spinach and cheese to pie crust.
4. Add eggs, half and half, salt, and pepper to a blender and mix until smooth. Pour the egg mixture into the pie.
5. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the egg mixture is set. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes (or even to room temperature) before slicing. Store leftovers, covered, in the fridge.
Make ahead Instructions: Make the recipe through step 2. Blend the egg mixture and store the pie and egg mixture separately for up to 2 days (depending on the freshness of your eggs). Add egg mixture to the pie and bake as instructed.
Freezing Instructions: Allow it to cool completely then cover well and freeze for up to 2 months. To reheat, allow the quiche to thaw in the fridge overnight (if frozen) and bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until warmed through.
Consider trying these popular brunch recipes:
- Cinnamon Roll Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Apple Coffee Cake
- Peach Scones
- Poppy Seed Cake
- Broccoli Cheese Quiche
- Sour Cream Coffee Cake
- Lemon Zucchini Bread
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Recipe
Spinach and Bacon Quiche
This Spinach and Bacon Quiche is baked in a tender and flakey pie crust and is one of my favorites brunch on the weekends.
Ingredients
- 5 large eggs , beaten
- 1 1/4 cups half and half
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups baby spinach leaves , loosely measured, then chopped
- 6 slices bacon (or turkey bacon), cooked and crumbled
- 1 1/4 cups shredded cheese Swiss, mozzarella cheese, cheddar or Monterrey jack
- 1 9 inch homemade pie crust , fitted in a 9'' glass pie plate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Roll out one disc of pie dough into a circle, 12 inches in diameter. Place in 9 inch pie dish and crimp edges.
- Blind bake crust: Place a piece of parchment paper inside the pie pan and add 2 cups of pie weights, dry beans or rice. Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes. Remove parchment paper and pie weights. Prick pie crust all over with a fork, then return to the oven for 8 more minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook bacon, in a skillet. Once cooked, remove to a plate and chop. Remove most of the grease from the pan and add onion and spinach. Saute for 2 minutes. Add cheese, onion, spinach, and bacon to the bottom of the partially baked pie crust.
- Combine the eggs, half and half, salt, and pepper in a blender, then pour the egg mixture into the pie.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake quiche for 40- 45 minutes until the egg mixture is set. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, or even to room temperature, before slicing. Store leftovers, covered, in the fridge.
Notes
Make ahead Instructions: Make the recipe through step 2. Blend the egg mixture and store the pie and egg mixture separately for up to 2 days (depending on the freshness of your eggs). Add egg mixture to the pie and bake as instructed.
Freezing Instructions: Allow it to cool completely then cover well and freeze for up to 2 months. To reheat, allow the quiche to thaw in the fridge overnight (if frozen) and bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until warmed through.
Nutrition
Calories: 223kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 9gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 103mgSodium: 257mgPotassium: 139mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 632IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 105mgIron: 1mg
*I originally shared this recipe January 2014. Updated April 2020 with process photos and freezing instructions.
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I’m very intrigued to know what 1 1/4 of half and half is? half of what? or am I missing something? Overall looks like a fab recipe. I’ll watch the video, and figure out what half and half is haha
Thank you for your interest in the spinach and bacon quiche recipe! I’m glad to hear you find it appealing. To clarify, ‘half and half’ is a dairy product commonly used in the United States. It’s a blend of equal parts whole milk and light cream, which makes it richer than milk but lighter than cream. It’s often used in recipes to add creaminess without being too heavy. In your case, ‘1 1/4 cups of half and half’ means you’ll need 1 and 1/4 cups of this milk-cream mixture. If half and half is not available where you are, you can easily make your own by mixing equal parts of whole milk and light cream. Enjoy the quiche, and I hope you find the video helpful!
Terrific recipe.
Re: milk vs half-and-half: If you use the rendered bacon fat rather than discarding it. you can use milk – just combine the fat with the dairy/eggs/salt/pepper blender mixture.
(Pork fat is delicious and versatile- David Chang of Momofuku saves all the pork fat rendered from bacon or shoulder for later use)
Simply Delicious!! Perfect
I made this recipe and followed everything per the recipe but fortunately used a 9” DEEP DISH pre made pie crust. The filling was way too much for the deep dish crust.
It tasted delicious, but I had about a cup and a half of the egg mixture left over. I made scrambled eggs with it so no big deal.
I have made many quiches but yours is delicious. I don’t usually have half&half around and use milk but this time I used the half&half and I think it makes all the difference. I also missed that you sauté the spinach and just added it fresh. It cooked just perfect in the quiche. I also added some chopped tomato to the top before baking. I will definitely save this recipe!
This quiche is delish! I added Monterey Jack for a little spice.
can I add roasted red pepper to this recipe and if so what amount would you suggest. Need to make soon. Thank you
Beyond excellent! Are used frozen, chopped spinach, which made it easier. Best quiche I ever made. And not a bit runny! Everyone absolutely loved it.
Can I use regular milk instead of cream or half and half? We loved it just as written!!!!
Yes, but the more fat in the milk, the creamier the egg part will bake.
I have made this several times, love this recipe and so easy.