Healthified Spinach and Cheese Quiche
- 1 13 cups all-purpose flour
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 13 cup oil
- 3 tablespoons nonfat milk
- flour, for rolling out
- 3 ounces gruyere
- 2 12 cups fat-free liquid egg product, beaten
- 1 cup chopped fresh spinach or 1 (9 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
- 12 cup fat-free half-and-half or 12 cup nonfat milk
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon crushed dried thyme
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 14 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Preheat oven to 450F In a medium bowl, stir together flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Add oil and 3 tablespoons fat-free milk all at once.
- Stir lightly with a fork.
- If necessary, stir in 1 tablespoon additional milk to moisten.
- Form into a ball.
- On a well-floured surface, slightly flatten dough.
- Roll from center to edge into a circle about 12 inches in diameter.
- To transfer pastry, wrap it around the rolling pin; unroll pastry into a 9 inch pie plate.
- Ease pastry into pie plate, being careful not to stretch it.
- Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate; fold under edge and flute as desired.
- Line pastry with a double thickness of foil.
- Bake for 8 minutes.
- Remove foil.
- Bake for 5 minutes more.
- Cool on a wire rack while preparing filling.
- Reduce temperature of oven to 350F.
- Shred cheese and set aside 2 tablespoons.
- In a large bowl, beat together remaining cheese, egg product, spinach, half-and-half or milk, thyme, salt, and pepper.
- Pour egg mixture into baked pastry.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- Sprinkle with reserved 2 tablespoons of cheese.
- If necessary to prevent over-browning, cover edge of quiche with foil.
- Bake about 10 minutes more or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean.
- Let stand on a wire rack for 10 minutes before serving.
flour, salt, oil, nonfat milk, flour, gruyere, liquid egg, fresh spinach, nonfat milk, thyme, salt, ground black pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/healthified-spinach-and-cheese-quiche-418650 (may not work)