Fast Food: Spinach, Red Pepper and Feta Quiche

(Above: Watch the video to see a quiche being made from scratch.)

This is a quick and easy recipe to make: perfect for a weeknight dinner.

The recipe claims it serves just two people but you can stretch it to serve three or even four, if you provide something else to eat with it: maybe a big salad and/or some crusty bread (or even a side of bacon?).

Pepper Quiche — You make this from scratch so you know exactly what’s in it.

When I made this several years ago, I also made this Irish Soda Bread the same night and served them both together. Both recipes came from the March, 1994 edition of Gourmet Magazine. That night, I doubled the quiche recipe and made two quiches.

Pepper, greens in frying pan. — Be sure to use a light olive oil to fry up the vegetables.

I made this again just a few weeks ago and served three people by serving it alongside a big salad. Instead of using just spinach leaves, I used a combination of spinach and swiss chard. It was delicious.

Slice of quiche. — This recipe says it serves two but you can cut smaller slices and serve them with some sides to serve more people.

This is perfect for a Sunday brunch, a lunch, or light supper. You make this quiche from scratch. There are no shortcuts but you don’t need them with a dish that takes less than 45 minutes to make.

Spinach, Red Pepper, and Feta Quiche

February 26, 2018

Servings: 2

Difficulty: Easy

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You can double this recipe to serve four people. Or you can serve smaller slices and serve more people if you serve this with some side dishes.

By: Mark Micheli

Ingredients

All-purpose flour (1/3 cup)
Unsalted butter (3 tbsp., cold)
Vegetable shortening (1 tbsp., cold)
Ice water (1 1/2 tbsp, plus more if necessary)
Red bell pepper (1/3 cup sliced)
Olive oil (1 tbsp.)
Fresh spinach leaves, washed and trimmed (2 cups packed, or about 5 ounces)
Large eggs (2)
Heavy cream or milk (1/3 cup)
Feta cheese, crumbled (1/3 cup)

Directions

Step 1 In a bowl or in a food processor blend together flour, butter, shortening, and a pinch salt until mixture resembles meal.
Step 2 Add water and toss until incorporated, adding additional water if necessary to form a dough.
Step 3 Pat dough onto bottom and one half inch up sides of a 9-inch pie plate and bake shell in bottom third of oven until set and pale golden, about 7 minutes.
Step 4 While shell is baking, in a large skillet sauté bell pepper in light olive oil over moderately high heat, stirring, 1 minute. Add spinach and sauté, stirring, until wilted and tender, about 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat and season spinach mixture with salt and pepper.
Step 5 In a small bowl whisk together eggs and cream.
Step 6 Sprinkle feta over bottom of shell and arrange spinach mixture on top. Pour cream mixture over spinach and bake quiche on a baking sheet in middle of oven 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350°F. and bake until set, about 10 minutes.