Salmon and spinach quiche

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 people, you will need:

• 1 400 g cooked spinach
• 2 250 g smoked salmon
• 3 500 g quiche filling mixture
• 4 300 g shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée)
• 5 10 leaves Basil
• 6 50 g Comté cheese
• 7 Fine (or table) salt
• 8 Pepper
• Total weight: 1,510 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	40 min.	1 hour 15 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C). Roll out dough, and line the tin.
2	Place half the smoked salmon slices in the bottom.
3	Snip basil roughly.
4	Distribute half the spinach and all ofthe basil over the salmon.
5	Pour over 1/3 of the quiche mixture.
6	Add rest of salmon slices...
7	...the remaining spinach...
8	...and finally pour over the remaining mixture...
9	.. to ½ centimetre from the top of the tin, then spread grated cheese over the surface.
10	Put in the oven, on a low shelf to cook the base of the quiche well, and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
11	Serve warm or cold.

Remarks

You can replace the shortcrust dough by puff pastry for a more sophisticated dish.

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