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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: dmferrell@happy.uccs.edu
- Subject: Basil and Spinach Quiche
- Message-ID: <03G11X91@taronga.com>
- Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 23:35:57 GMT
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- Basil/Spinach Quiche
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- Several large leaves of spinach and fresh basil--at least 7 of each
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- 1 large sweet onion
- 1 red sweet pepper
- 1 green sweet pepper
- 3-4 cawliflower large florets
- 5 mushrooms
- 1 small zucchini
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 cup flour
- 3/4 cup milk
- salt and pepper to taste
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- grated parmesan cheese
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- 1. Slice the onions into very thin rounds. Put 3-4 tbsp extra virgin olive
- oil in a heavy skillet and bring to medium high heat. Saute the onion rings
- until just starting to turn golden. Remove from skillet and set aside.
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- 2. Remove the seeds and ribs from the peppers and slice into julienne strips.
- Break the florets of cawliflower into bite size pieces. Thinly slice the
- mushrooms and make matchstick slices of the zucchini. Place all the sliced
- veggies into the skillet and saute until just starting to turn limp--about
- 4 minutes or so. Remove from the skillet and drain well.
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- 3. Mix together the eggs, flour, milk, salt and pepper and whip with a wisk
- until very frothy.
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- 4. Use a deep quiche dish or a 10" deep dish pie plate. Spray well with an
- olive oil cooking spray. Wash the basil and spinach and pat dry with a paper
- towel. Line the cooking dish with the basil and spinach so that the points of
- the leaves overlap the edge of the dish by about 1/2". Spray lightly again so
- that the leaves stay together. Gently pour about the 1/4 of the egg mixture
- over the leaves.
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- Place about 1/4 of the veggies into the cooking dish, making sure they are
- spread around. Sprinkle a handful of the parmesan cheese over all. Repeat the
- eggs, veggies and cheese until the dish is filled and you have ended with
- cheese. Bake at 350 degrees until done--about 25-30 minutes. The eggs will
- really puff up, the tips of the spinach and basil will turn a little brown and
- the cheese forms a nice crusty top on the quiche.
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- During the summer when our vegetable garden is at its peak, I substitute other
- veggies such as eggplant and hot peppers and green beans and leeks for the
- onions.
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- Enjoy
- Diane M. Ferrell
- dmferrell@happy.uccs.edu
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