This Quiche goes well during any meal. The food network channel got me acquainted with Quiche. Most of the quiche versions I saw had a pie crust. I don’t have a pie pan and didn’t want to invest in that, so I didn’t try Quiche for a long time. This year for Easter I saw a lot of egg-based recipes, one Kale Quinoa Crustless Quiche recipe in food52 pulled my attention. It’s a Crust-less Quiche so I need not buy a pie pan. With lots of eggs - Spinach Quiche crustless quiche I am sure this will attract my husband. Quinoa additions was one more thing that pulled my attention. I recently started experimenting with quinoa and this one was a interesting way to have quinoa. Quinoa Idli, Quinoa bisi Bele bath, Quinoa Adai, Quinoa parfait quinoa lemon, I had all the ingredients except Kale at home, when I was thinking about alternatives for kale, some other green in my fridge pulled my attention. I tried spinach quiche in my cake pan. After my Omelette Muffin, I tried a recipe with lots of eggs so I was little concerned with the taste but it turned out yum. I was not familiar whether it’s breakfast/Lunch/dinner food, since it was filling meal we had it for lunch. Its a great protein rich food for the toddler too. Kids after school snacks Other Spinach based recipes
Ingredients:
Quinoa - 1/2 cup Water - 1 cup Olive oil - 2tbsp Spinach - 2 cups, washed and roughly chopped Onion - 1 Cheddar cheese - 1/2 cup Cream cheese - 4 tbsp Egg - 4 Salt and pepper - as needed Brown sugar - pinch (optional)
how to make crustless quiche with step by step pictuees:
Preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit and place a butter paper/parchement in cake pan and butter/spray the cake pan Wash and rinse the quinoa. In a sauce pan add quinoa and water and bring to boil on medium heat. Simmer and cook till its done; switch off and set aside In a separate pan add little olive oil and sauté the onions on medium heat till its done. Add Brown sugar and mix well, and cook for 30 seconds and switch off; set sside
Meanwhile, start to caramelize the onions. Heat the olive oil in a large saute on medium heat add the onions. Slowly cook until the onions are soft and browned. Remove the onions from the pan, and place them in a large mixing bowl Rinse the spinach well in water. Boil water with pinch of sugar and salt Add the spinach to the boiling water Cook and switch off the flame, after 3-5 mins drain and quickly pour cold water over the spinach Allow the spinach to cool and squeeze out all extra liquid using hand/sieve/ clean dish towel (I used my hands as it wotk best) Add the spinach, cooked quinoa, cream cheese and cheddar to the mixing bowl and combine well In a separate small bowl whisk the eggs and beat well; add it to the quinoa-spinach mixture along with salt and pepper Mix gently untill everything is combined
Pour the mixture in the prepared cake pan. Bake for about 44- 46 minutes (mine got done after 44 minutes) until the top is golden and the quiche has started to pull away from the edge of the baking dish. Serve it hot/warm according to the preference
