Brunch is one of my favorite meals of the day. Just thinking about the word makes me want to do a drooling Homer Simpson “Mmmmm … brunch….” impression. As far as I’m concerned, one of the best items that brunch has to offer is quiche. A giant slice of quiche stuffed with cheese, bacon, spinach, caramelized onions…. Does it get any better? If you’re looking to impress your guests with your mad brunch-making skills, this quiche is the way to do it.
Deep Dish Bacon Spinach Quiche, serves 6-8.
2 cups cheddar cheese
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
7 eggs
1 ready-made refrigerated pie crust
3/4 pound bacon
2 cups baby spinach
1 medium sweet onion
2 tablespoons butter
salt and pepper to taste
deep quiche pan with removable bottom (you can use a regular pie pan too; you just won’t fit all the liquid in a regular pie pan, so you may want to have another smaller pie pan to use the excess with)
Preheat your oven to 400°F. Remove your pie crust from the fridge and allow it to sit out on the counter for 15 minutes to soften. In the meantime, cook your bacon over medium heat until crispy, and set on paper towels to cool. Chop your onion and add to a pan with the butter. Cook over medium heat until the onions have softened and caramelized. They should look browned, but not burnt, and have a delicious sweetness to them. Once the onions are caramelized, set them aside to slightly cool. Chop your spinach into slices and add them to a pan with a small amount of butter or oil over medium heat. You just want to wilt the spinach, and it will only take a minute or two before they will shrivel up and darken in color.
Take your softened pie crust and roll it into your lightly-oiled, deep quiche pan. Press the crust against the bottom and sides with your fingers. Bake your crust without any filling for 10 minutes (pre-cooking the crust helps you avoid a soggy pie crust later).
While the crust is baking, whisk your eggs, heavy cream, and salt and pepper in a large bowl. Crumble your bacon into the egg mixture and add your cheese, onions, and spinach. Stir until combined and pour into your pie crust. Cover the pan loosely with aluminium foil and set on a baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour or until the sides are set but the middle still moves slightly when you jiggle the pan. Allow the quiche to cool for 10 minutes, remove the sides from the pan (if using a deep quiche pan), and serve.
The great thing about quiche is you can fill it with whatever you want! Love sausage? Use it. Want a veggie quiche? Make it. More of a swiss cheese person? Switch it. Brunch guests cancelled at the last minute? Don’t cry, it’s just more quiche for you. Of course you can eat quiche for any meal, not just brunch, and it reheats quite nicely if you have leftovers. But why you would have leftovers is frankly beyond me…. xo. Laura
Deep Dish Bacon Spinach Quiche
Ingredients
- 2 cups cheddar cheese
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 7 eggs
- 1 ready-made refrigerated pie crust
- 3/4 pound bacon
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 medium sweet onion
- 2 tablespoons butter
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 400°F. Remove your pie crust from the fridge and allow it to sit out on the counter for 15 minutes to soften. In the meantime, cook your bacon over medium heat until crispy, and set on paper towels to cool. Chop your onion and add to a pan with the butter. Cook over medium heat until the onions have softened and caramelized. They should look browned, but not burnt, and have a delicious sweetness to them. Once the onions are caramelized, set them aside to slightly cool. Chop your spinach into slices and add them to a pan with a small amount of butter or oil over medium heat. You just want to wilt the spinach, and it will only take a minute or two before they will shrivel up and darken in color.
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Take your softened pie crust and roll it into your lightly-oiled, deep quiche pan. Press the crust against the bottom and sides with your fingers. Bake your crust without any filling for 10 minutes (pre-cooking the crust helps you avoid a soggy pie crust later).
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While the crust is baking, whisk your eggs, heavy cream, and salt and pepper in a large bowl. Crumble your bacon into the egg mixture and add your cheese, onions, and spinach. Stir until combined and pour into your pie crust. Cover the pan loosely with aluminium foil and set on a baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour or until the sides are set but the middle still moves slightly when you jiggle the pan. Allow the quiche to cool for 10 minutes, remove the sides from the pan (if using a deep quiche pan), and serve.
Credits // Author: Laura Gummerman, Photos by: Sarah Rhodes. Photos edited with Petal of the Fresh Collection.
39 Comments
The prepared crust melted in on itself when I baked it unfilled, creating a mess. Wondering if that happened with anyone else.
Was browsing through for baking ideas, great post Laura!! And I saw this comment – can I give anyone who cares what I consider to be the best crust recipe ever?! My mom uses it all the time on quiches, pies, pizzas and whatever else. It’s super simple even I can remember..
2 cups of flour
pinch of salt to taste
2/3 cup of milk
1/3 cup of oil
herbs if you like
Gently mix until just a bit crumbly, not too much or it won’t be as flaky. Roll out between wax paper and place in your pan. You can also leave space to pinch little designs into the top, cute and fun! Makes a top and bottom or two bottoms, and depending on what you’re making you may need to pre-bake it like she mentioned. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas ABM!!
This looks so delicious. I don’t know why quiche seems so intimidating but it doesn’t look that complex anymore. Just another thing to add to my list of things to make. woohoo.
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This looks so damn good! I do make quiche at home but rarely! I totally am inspired to go and make a quiche for lunch soon! Probably going to use salmon and spinach!
his looks amazing – and incredibly enough, my two kids love quiche. This is making the meal plan for this week!
Yum! This looks so good. I love quiche! it reminds me of years ago when I was on my honeymoon in Paris. Which reminds me that my anniversary is coming up in a few weeks – I can make this!
omg you’re hilarious. plus this recipe looks freakin delish <3
I would just set your oven to 350° and give it 20 min or so. I’m not sure on a reheat time, so just check it every 5 minutes after that!
Laura 🙂
Ooooh My Goodness. Welp, I know I’m gonna try and make for breakfast now. <3
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Wow…this looks incredibly good and so easy to make. I never think of making them myself but might have to try this one for my family!
charity
www.lifeafterbaseball.net
If I wanted to make this a day or two in advance, how long would you recommend re-heating it for? This sounds like a great breakfast to make for our bi-annual cabin weekend with friends!
Love quiche!
Will try this
This looks fantastic! It’s been years since I don’t prepare Quiche! That’s changing this weekend!
xx,
E.
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quiche is my fav, too! must try this.
This recipe looks amazing. Looking at those pictures is making me very excited for brunch this weekend. I think that I’m going to have to try out this recipe!
-Helen Grace
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Quiche is always a favourite! I love bacon and mushroom together the most! I’ve never tried it with spinach before, but we love spinach here, so I think it’s worth a shot 🙂
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This looks so good, I can’t wait to try it after my Thirty Hour Famine! 😛
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This looks amazingly good, although I’d remove the bacon because I don’t like it, but this looks great!!
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yes please-looks yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
definitely i will make this
Most delicious thing I’ve eaten all week!!!!!
xx. Elsie
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Laura
I have SOOO many home laid eggs and bored with the same ol’ scrambies and French toast!! This looks AH-MAZING!
Looks amazing!! Need to try this!
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Try Vegg egg replacer. Sounds weird but look it up. I have some and it’s pretty convincing as an egg replica. I was actually looking at this and thinking I might try a vegan version. I’ve seen vegan quiche recipes before.
Try Lightlife Smart Bacon. It isn’t exactly the same as real bacon but I think it is really good, especially on a sandwich. I was surprised by how bacon like it actually is.
LOVE bacon in anything!
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I love a good quiche! This one sounds delicious! I sometimes make a batch and eat it for lunches for my boyfriend & I throughout the week. mmm!
xoxo
Taylor
quiche really is kind of the best ever. i need to learn how to make crust.
I absolutely love quiche, it’s one of my favourite foods, especially at this time of year with a salad. This is definitely getting made this week. xxx
This looks awesome! I’m trying hard to be a vegetarian, but my love for bacon is boundless:-)
Love from Germany,
Bambi
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I love brunch! It really is the best meal of the day. I’m going to have to add this recipe to my list of quiches to make, it looks delicious!
xx
OK, not that the quiche doesn’t look delicious, IT DOES! But more importantly, where did you get that great grey dress?! 🙂
But can you make quiche with no eggs? Or is that just pie? These pictures make me wish I wasn’t deathly allergic to eggs!!!
Okay this looks amazing. I cannot wait to try it!!
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Looks absolutely amazing and simple! I hope to make this for our post-5K brunch. Good tip to pre-bake the crust to prevent sogginess. Thanks!
Quiche is a favorite of mine. And is there a better combination than bacon, spinach, and caramelized onions? NO!