Ingredients
6 slices Peppered Thick Cut Bacon
Onions:
1 cup sliced Red Onion (approximately ½ onion)
1 tsp. minced Thyme
2 Tbsp. Butter
Mushrooms:
1 cup sliced Mushrooms
1 Tbsp. Butter
1 tsp. Sherry
Bread:
Sliced and soft country bread, sourdough or baguette (enough to cover 9” pie plate)
2 Tbsp. melted Butter
¼ tsp. Onion Powder
¼ tsp. Garlic Powder
Quiche:
10 large Eggs
½ tsp. Salt
¼ tsp. Pepper
½ cup Milk
2 1/2 cups chopped Spinach
4 slices Swiss Cheese
❃❃Serves 6❃❃
Preparation
Preheat oven to 425, line a baking sheet with foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Line a separate baking sheet with foil.
Chop spinach, slice mushrooms, mince thyme, slice onion, slice bread and melt 2 Tbsp. butter for bread.
Break eggs into a bowl and whisk with milk, salt and pepper.
Bread
Toast bread in the oven for about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and combine melted butter, garlic powder and onion powder. Brush the bottom of the pie plate with some of the butter. Top with bread slices covering the bottom of the pie plate. Brush the tops of the bread with the remaining butter mixture.
Bacon
Place bacon on the baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let drain on paper towels. Reduce oven temperature to 360 and when bacon cools cut slices into bite size pieces.
Mushrooms
Add 1 Tbsp. butter to a sauté pan and cook mushroom slices over medium high heat until they begin to soften and get some color. Add the sherry and cook until all the sherry has been absorbed into the mushrooms. Remove mushrooms from pan onto a plate and let cool.
Onions
In the same sauté pan add 2 Tbsp. butter, onions and thyme. Sauté on medium to medium high heat until the onions begin to caramelize. This will take 10 – 20 minutes. Once caramelized remove from heat.
Quiche
Add the chopped spinach to the milk mixture.
Top the bread with the caramelized onions in an even layer. Add swiss cheese on top of onions, add bacon in an even layer over cheese, then pour in egg mixture and finally top the quiche with the mushrooms in a circular pattern.
Place quiche onto the baking sheet with foil, place in the oven and bake for 60 – 65 minutes or until the quiche is set.
Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.