Bacon, Ham and Spinach Quiche

A glorious quiche that tastes better than it's name sounds. Made with buttery homemade pie crust and includes delicious and salty bacon and ham. if it's too bacon-forward feel free to only use ham.

The baking time is a bit finicky for this recipe so prepare for it to take longer to bake than you may expect.

The recipe is here, and some pictures of the process are below.

Ingredients:

• 1 homemade or store-bought pie crust

• 1 medium onion, diced

• 4 slices thick bacon

• 1 ½ cups diced ham (1 cm x 1 cm pieces)

• 5 eggs

• 1 ¾ cup milk (Or 1 cup milk and ¾ cup heavy cream)

• 6-8 oz. frozen or fresh spinach, finely chopped

• Salt

• Pepper

• 1 to 1 ½ cup cheddar cheese

• 1 to 1 ½ cup Monterey Jack cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.

2. Roll pie dough to fit a 9 inch pie plate. Place bottom crust in pie plate and chill for at least 20 minutes before baking. Line the chilled pie crust with greased tin foil and fill halfway up with dried beans, rice, or baking weights. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove foil and weights and bake until golden brown, about 10 more minutes.

3. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.

4. Fry the spinach for 1-3 minutes in a non-stick pan to release some moisture. Remove and set aside.

5. In the same pan pour a little oil and cook onions on low heat until soft (10-15 minutes). Remove from the pan and set aside.

6. In the same pan, fry bacon and ham until slightly crispy and brown (8-10 minutes). Set aside.

7. Whisk eggs, cream, and milk together in a large bowl.

8. Sprinkle ½ the onions and spinach on the bottom of the baked crust. Add ½ the ham and bacon mixture. Then add half the cheese and half the egg mixture. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.

9. Bake filled quiche in the preheated oven until browned and set, but no longer jiggly in the center, 50-80 minutes or until center only jiggles a little and the top is browning. While baking, if crust edges brown too much, add tin foil to protect it.

10. 8 servings

Getting everything ready for assembly. The crust has already been blind baked at this point.

The quiche before baking.

Quiche after baking!