Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche
by Tarla Dalal
A French meal is incomplete without a melt-in-the-mouth quiche. Bubbly cheese, crumbly paneer with spinach perked up with green chillies, this quiche combines all this and more in a pastry case, a delightful preparation that is sure to satiate your taste buds and your tummy!
Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche has a satisfying, one-dish meal feel. Perfect for dinner as it is or accompanied with a soup and salad.
At parties serve this attractive and irresistible Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche as a main course or as a side dish.
Learn to make Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche recipe at home, it is sure to please you and your loved ones.
Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche recipe - How to make Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche
Preparation Time: Cooking Time: Baking Time: 25 minutes Baking Temperature: 200°C (400°F) Total Time:
Makes 1 quiche
For Making The Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche Short Crust Pastry
3/4 cup plain flour (maida)
1/4 cup butter
2 pinches salt
For Making The Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche Stuffing
2 cups blanched and chopped spinach (palak)
1 cup crumbled paneer (cottage cheese)
1/2 tsp chopped green chillies
2 tbsp cornflour
3/4 cup milk
2 tbsp fresh cream
1/4 cup grated processed cheese
1/2 tsp dried oregano
2 tbsp butter
salt and to taste
For the short crust pastry
- For the short crust pastry
- To make the short crust pastry for the spinach and cottage cheese quiche recipe, sieve the flour. Add the butter and salt and rub in with your fingertips.
- Add about 1 tbsp of ice-cold water to make a dough
- Roll out the dough to about 3 mm. Thickness.
- Arrange the rolled out dough in a greased 150 mm. (6”) diameter pie dish.
- Press the dough into pie dish and prick with a fork on the bottom and sides.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) for 15 minutes.
- Do not remove from pie dish. Keep aside.
For the stuffing
- For the stuffing
- To make the stuffing for the spinach and cottage cheese quiche recipe, heat the butter in a pan, add green chillies, paneer and sauté for 1 minute.
- Dissolve the cornflour in the milk and add this to the mixture.
- Cook till the mixture thickens, add all the remaining ingredients and mix well. Keep aside.
How to proceed
- How to proceed
- Spread the spinach paneer mixture over the baked pastry in the pie dishes.
- Bake in a hot oven at 200°c (400°f) for 10 minutes or until the mixture becomes firm. Cut into wedges and serve the spinach and cottage cheese quiche hot.
| Energy | 1298 cal |
| Protein | 30.5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 103 g |
| Fiber | 11.6 g |
| Fat | 81.9 g |
| Cholesterol | 209 mg |
| Vitamin A | 21584.7 mcg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.7 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 1.3 mg |
| Vitamin B3 | 6.8 mg |
| Vitamin C | 96.9 mg |
| Folic Acid | 497.6 mcg |
| Calcium | 891.8 mg |
| Iron | 14.3 mg |
| Magnesium | 323.4 mg |
| Phosphorus | 549.1 mg |
| Sodium | 1042.4 mg |
| Potassium | 1077.8 mg |
| Zinc | 2.1 mg |
Can we make this in advance?
very nice recipe. thanks a lot.
Hey, can we use any other pie dish?
Alternative for pie dish?
the recipe has corn instead of cottage cheese in method. please correct.
awesome
Love this recipe.