A creamy cheese sauce with potatoes and onions is combined, then baked with a crispy cheese coating.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch quiche |
Ingredients
- 1 sheet pastry dough for 9-inch tart
- 5 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
- 2 cups frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
- 1 ½ cups shredded Gruyere cheese, divided
- 7 large eggs, beaten
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons everything bagel seasoning
- 3 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®), or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Cut a 9-inch circle of parchment paper.
- Place pastry crust in a 9-inch quiche or pie pan, gently shaping and stretching to fit. Prick crust with a fork several times and place parchment circle over top. Add pie weights or dried beans on top of parchment paper.
- Set the pan on a baking sheet and place in the center of the preheated oven. Reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and bake about 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and cool for about 5 minutes. Carefully remove pie weights or beans and parchment paper. Leave oven on.
- While the crust is cooling, squeeze thawed spinach between several layers of paper towels, to remove most of the moisture. Set aside.
- Add thawed potatoes to the cooled crust. Sprinkle 1 cup shredded Gruyere cheese on top.
- Stir beaten eggs, cream, bagel seasoning, and hot pepper sauce in a large bowl until ingredients are fully incorporated. Stir in spinach, breaking up any clumps. Pour mixture over the cheese and potatoes. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup Gruyere on top.
- Place in the center of the oven and bake until eggs are set and a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a rack for 10 minutes. Serve warm.
- You can substitute Swiss cheese for Gruyere cheese.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 301 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 309 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
There’s a recipe for making the Everything Bagel Seasoning at this site. Seems easy enough. I expect that the tobasco is to give the quiche a bit of extra zing. If that spice isn’t for you, you might try adding a bit of garlic powder, oregano, and/or basil. Sounds good as is. Recipe for Everything Bagel: 2 tablespoons poppy seeds 2 tablespoons sesame seeds 2 tablespoons dried onion flakes 1 tablespoon kosher salt
Instead of spinach I used asparagus for one and made another with artichoke hearts Both yummy
This was SO good – and pretty straight forward. DEFINITELY splurge for the gruyere cheese. I absolutely think it made a difference.
The quiche stayed in the layers when cooked. If I make this again, I will mix the hash browns, spinach, and 1 cup of cheese together and put in the shell. Then pour the egg and cream mixture. Broccoli could be substituted for the spinach.