Spinach and Feta Quiche

Geoff Jansz made a quick and easy quiche using a few ingredients from the garden and a pastry case from the supermarket.

Ingredients

1/2 large bunch silver beet, washed and chopped
1 1/2 cups silver beet white stalks, finely chopped
1 medium onion, finely diced
50g butter
2 tbsp toasted pine nuts
pinch of grated nutmeg
4 eggs, beaten
100ml cream
1 medium-sized, pre-made shortcrust pastry case
crumbled feta cheese, to taste
grated parmesan cheese, to taste
cracked black pepper

Method

1. Wash the silver beet. Strip the leaves from the stalks, and then finely dice the stalks. Finely dice the onion. Put the onion, stalks and butter into a pot and sweat over a gentle heat.
2. Chop silver beet leaves.
3. Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan, tossing constantly until they’re brown.
4. Add the silver beet leaves to the onion and stalk mixture, and let them wilt down and collapse. Grate in some nutmeg, toss the pine nuts through and then drain off the excess liquid.
5. Break the eggs into a bowl and whip well. Add the cream and whip well. Add the silver beet mixture to the eggs and cream, and stir through.
6. Pour the filling into the pastry case. Grate a little parmesan over the top, along with some crumbled feta and black pepper.
7. Bake in a hot oven for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to moderate and cook for a further 30-35 minutes until set and browned. Remove from the oven and allow to sit for five minutes before cutting.

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