Ingredients
Savory Pie Crust:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter chilled
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- 3-4 tablespoons ice water
Filling:
- 10 oz. frozen creamed spinach - defrosted
- 1/2 cup of Speck Ham - diced
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 1 cup Monterey jack Cheese - shredded
- 4 eggs - beaten
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1 vine ripe tomato - sliced thin
- Parmesan Cheese - grated
- Olive oil - for drizzling
- 1 savory pie crust (recipe above)
Instructions
Savory Pie Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine flour, salt, pepper, butter and shortening together. Blend with a pastry blender of fingers and work the mixture until crumbly.
- Add ice water starting with 2 tablespoons. Blend and add addition tablespoons of water as needed until a soft dough forms.
- Wrap the dough in clingfilm and chill for at least an hour.
- Roll the dough out onto a well flour sheet of parchment paper. Transfer to a pie plate and trim the edges to fit. Pierce the bottom of the dough with a fork, and blind bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool before filling.
Filling:
- Preheat Oven 350 degrees F.
- Prebake the pie crust for 10 – 12 minutes and let cool before adding the quiche mixture.
- In a large bowl combine the creamed spinach, eggs, shredded cheese, milk, Speck Ham, salt and pepper; gently combine.
- Fill the pie crust and place the sliced tomato on top followed by the grated Parmesan cheese finishing the quiche with a drizzle of olive oil.
- Bake for 30 – 35 minutes or until set in the middle.
- Let cool slightly before slicing.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour