I’m finishing up the menu planning for Christmas morning brunch and have decided to make this delicious and very easy quiche. With its green spinach and red pimento it looks so festive and will be a beautiful and appetizing part of my buffet. This is a crustless quiche so you don’t have a soggy crust to worry about, and it can be served hot or at room temperature and can even be cooked, then refrigerated overnight and reheated in the morning. How easy is that!
Here are several good quiche tips: Spray the dish with a baking spray. The flour in the spray makes nicely browned edges and most people won’t even notice the absence of a traditional crust. Add the egg and cheese mixture to the baking dish and spoon the meat-vegetable mixture on top. Gently swirl with a knife so bits of the filling retain their color. It makes the quiche look so fresh, colorful and appetizing. This method keeps the ingredients evenly distributed. If the meats and veggies are put on the bottom of the dish that is where they stay.
Serve with a hearty salad (the recipe for this salad is coming soon), a fruit platter, and crusty bread. If I have a crowd I make several quiches with different fillings. Click HERE for another delicious combination of ingredients.
- 4 ounces Black Forest Ham, diced (any good ham will work)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
- ½ cup onion, diced
- ½ green bell pepper, diced
- 1 tablespoon pimento, coarsely chopped
- 6 cups fresh spinach, roughly chopped
- 10 large eggs , lightly beaten
- ¾ cup plain non-fat Greek Yogurt
- 1-1/2 cups Gruyere cheese, coarsely grated
- ¼ cup fresh parsley, coarsely chopped
- pinch red pepper flakes
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 8 or 9-inch dish with baking spray or lightly grease with vegetable oil.
- Heat olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add onion and green bell pepper and saute for 3-4 minutes, add garlic and red pepper flakes and saute another minute. Add spinach and cook just until spinach starts to wilt. Turn off heat and set aside. Spinach will continue to wilt.
- Place Greek yogurt in a large bowl and whisk until smooth. Add eggs, two at a time, whisking after each addition until smooth. Add ham, grated cheese, parsley and salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour egg mixture into prepared quiche dish. Top with spinach mixture. Gently blend with a fork.
- Bake in a preheated oven until eggs have set, about 35-40 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving. This is also delicious served at room temperature. If it is refrigerated, wrap in foil and warm in a 325 degree oven for 8-10 minutes before serving.
I’m not familiar with Gruyere cheese, could mozzarella be substituted?
This is beautiful and looks so appealing. Of course I bet the taste is out of this world.
Gruyere is a type of Swiss Cheese so I think any Swiss would work. I like the nutiness with the ham. You can try mozzarella. I don’t think I have ever added it to a quiche. Let me know what you think if you use mozzarella. Happy Holidays. Thanks for your comment.
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That look wonderful! So pretty and festive for the holiday table. And delicious too. I make quiche quite often here, with the abundance of fresh eggs we have. I haven’t made one in a while though, and guess what will be going on the menu this week?
xo Kris
Lucky you to have a supply of fresh eggs. You will be amazed by how quick and easy this quiche is. Best Holiday good wishes to you and your family.
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Last time you spoke of quiches..I had to make one:) This looks really good too..it’s your Frech background..all those fabulous trips!
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This sounds perfect, Cathy. I have a group coming over on Wednesday…I am changing the menu!
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I love quiche and 100% agree with your decision to serve this on Christmas. I just might have to go along with you and serve one with my spiral sliced ham. Yum!
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I think your choice of this quiche is perfect for Christmas…it is very festive looking.
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Yum! Bill would love this…as long as I don’t call it a quiche. Eggs, ham and cheese…can’t beat that. Perfect for Christmas morning 🙂
I LOVE quiche & this one REALLY looks yummy! Great tips on how to construct it, Cathy…thanks!
I shall try making it very soon.
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I love this idea for Christmas morning – or for any lunch actually. All the ingredients sound like they’d make a winning combo and I love the little touch of red from the pimento. I will be pinning this for future reference.
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I’m not going to happy until I find the time to make this one. What a great lineup of ingredients! And I’ll have left over ham from Christmas Eve. Thanks for sharing the recipe Cathy.
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Looks gorgeous and delicious Cathy
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Beautiful. I adore Gruyere, and black forest ham. I bet this is divine. And how great that you can do it ahead. Perfect! And do I see hazelnuts in that salad? I can’t wait… Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Love the idea of a crustless quiche. It’s so much healthier and thanks for the tips on spraying the pan. I doubt many people would notice the absence of the crust. So so pretty Cathy. This is MY kind of meal.
Sam
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How I would love to make this for Christmas morning; however,
my daughter is allergic to eggs. Now I am looking for alternatives.
Not sure yet what I will make.
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That quiche looks divine! Anything with Black Forest ham has to be good.
Merry Christmas, Cathy.
Cathy, this is just what I was looking for, and I love the fact that it is crustless. I always love your special tips, too. Thanks! xo. Sheila
The quiche looks so delicious. A great comfort meal!
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Your quiche is gorgeous Cathy, great colors! Wish I had a slice right now:@)
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I love the idea of a crustless quiche, Cathy. After all, it’s the goodness inside the quiche that we love, and yours looks so pretty and colorful.
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This quiche sounds delicious and it looks really festive, too. It is always great to have something you can make ahead for Christmas morning since no one really wants to be in the kitchen but there are always hungry mouths to feed.
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Hi Cathy….I was going to ask you if you have ever made a quiche using mayo but then I saw you use low fat yogurt so the mayo question would probably make you gag 🙂 But then again you use more eggs then I do…the mayo makes the quiche super creamy and then to make things worse…I love to make a cheddar cheese sauce to drizzle on top….it’s a heart attack just waiting to happen…..
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Quiche is such comfort food to me – this one looks delicious.
Nothing suits me more than a quiche for brunch or for any other meal as far as that goes. I like your combination of ingredients here.
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I love this recipe Cathy. I think I will make it for our New Years long weekend with friends. Love all of your tips too. Merry Christmas. But I may be back before the holidays.
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Made your quiche today and it came out just as the picture and it tasted as good as it looked. Followed your directions but when I put the quiche in the oven the parsley was still on the counter! Possibly missing parsley in your instructions?
Another beautiful quiche from you, love the colors the filling gave to it…makes me wish I have some too! looks so delicious! Wishing you happy holidays Cathy:)
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Crustless quiche was one of the recipes given to me many moons ago at my bridal shower! Besides not having to worry about the crust getting soggy , think of all the calories one can save. That of course leaves more room for all the other stuff! Great recipe, Cathy!
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This looks so delicious! If I use a gluten free baking spray this quiche will be perfect to bring to my son and daughter-in-law’s for Christmas morning brunch, as they eat gluten free. Thanks for the recipe, Cathy.
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This sounds really good. Have a wonderful Christmas!
That looks WAY too easy … but my guests won’t find that out from me!!!
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The quiche sounds wonderful and would be perfect in this cold, cold weather we are having. We haven’t been doing a lot of cooking as I have been sick and hubby had surgery for kidney stones, but this would be perfect!
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Your quiche even looks like Christmas with the red and green! I love quiche and know I would enjoy this one very much.
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Hey Cathy,
I love the new look of your lovely blog, pretty lovely! I made your divine quiche & loved it so much, so did my friends & husband!
it was very Yum Yum. X
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Usually, I make a big pot of chili for our christmas meal. this year it is going to be quiche. I think I will be doing more of it and other variations.
This sounds very easy and also very yummy! Your guests will enjoy this.
Merry Christmas, Cathy!
~Judy
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I have a ham, and I have some gruyere, so this is going on the menu! I have used mozzarella in quiche, but in addition to other cheeses. A bit of this and that! :). Right now I have a hankering for that onion potato galette you posted awhile back. And your mom’s stollen would be good too!
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