Savory Mushroom and Spinach Quiche
Automatically translated from Romanian. See the Romanian original
A savory quiche with a homemade shortcrust pastry, filled with champignon mushrooms, sautéed spinach, and a fluffy mixture of eggs and cheese, baked until beautifully golden.
Ingredients
Method
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Mix the dry ingredients for the dough: flour, baking soda, salt, walnuts, and spices.
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Add the melted butter cooled to room temperature, then the eggs, followed by the sour cream and oil; mix with a stand mixer on speed 2 for 1-2 minutes (or knead by hand more quickly).
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If needed, add a little cold water until the dough has the right consistency (neither too hard nor too soft); wrap it in plastic wrap and leave it in the fridge while preparing the filling.
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Sauté the onion and garlic together, add the mushrooms, and after 2 minutes, the spinach; season to taste and let all the liquid released by the vegetables evaporate.
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Let the vegetables cool.
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In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, add the grated cheese, and season to taste.
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When the vegetables have cooled, add them to the bowl with the eggs and cheese and mix until uniform.
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Roll out the dough and shape it into the pan with your hands; prick it here and there with a fork (about 7 times) and add the filling.
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Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.
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Serve with your favorite sauce.
The story behind this recipe
I made this for the first time (I don't know how I missed it until now), and it turned out delicious. Very versatile, a Quiche can be made in at least 50 ways, I think :) There are recipes with puff pastry, but I think the shortcrust version is much better (I customized it a little). For a 25-26 cm diameter pan, which feeds 8 people, you need: [Dough ingredients list...] [Filling ingredients list...] We make the dough by first mixing the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, walnuts, spices). After that, we add the melted butter cooled to room temperature; once it's incorporated, we add the eggs, then the sour cream and oil. Set the mixer to speed 2 and let it mix for 1-2 minutes. If you don't have a mixer, try to knead it faster :)) At the end, only if you feel the dough needs a little water, add some. The consistency should be neither hard nor soft. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and leave it in the fridge while you make the filling. Chop and sauté the onion with the garlic together. Add the mushrooms and after 2 minutes the spinach. Season to taste and let all the liquid released by the mushrooms and spinach evaporate. After that, let it cool. Separately in a bowl, beat the eggs, add the grated cheese and season to taste. When the vegetables have cooled, add them to the bowl and mix until uniform. Take the dough, roll it out, and then model it into the pan with your hands. Prick the dough here and there with a fork, about 7 times, and add the filling. In a preheated oven for 30 minutes at 180 degrees. Serve with whatever sauce you prefer! :)
