HEALTHY GARDEN QUICHE with FLOURLESS CRUST
Deliciously URS : The Recipe Lab by Greta Fernandes
This is a completely flourless recipe.
It looks rustic and is wonderfully healthy.
The quiche base is made with sweet potato and the filling is wholesome and nutritious. It has eggs, milk and a beautiful range of colorful veggies – Spinach, mushrooms, green capsicums, cherry tomatoes (you could add some more of your favorite veggies).
All this with a dash of Italian herbs and cheese to top it all!
The Garden quiche made with a scrumptious sweet potato crust makes it a gluten free option for quiche lovers.
It is easy, low carb, healthy and also perfect for customizing with your favorite veggies and makes a wonderful, protein-packed breakfast or brunch!
Ingredients:
- Cooking spray
- 1 large sweet potato, cut into thin slices
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- ¼ cup green capsicum diced
- 1 tbsp mixed Italian herbs
- 1 large white onion, diced
- 5 cherry tomatoes diced
- 1 cup spinach
- ¼ tsp salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 large eggs
- ¼ cup milk • 2 -3 cubes of cheese (I used cheddar cheese) You can use goat cheese of feta too!
Method :
➢ To make the sweet potato crust :
- Preheat the oven to 180 deg C.
- Grease the pie tin with nonstick cooking spray.
- Add sweet potato slices all around the base (as the photo shows in the picture above). Cut some in half if you need them to fit on the sides.
- Spray the sweet potatoes with additional nonstick cooking spray.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Once done, remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- While sweet potato crust is baking prepare the veggie filling
Method :
➢ To make the sweet potato crust :
- Heat a pan and add olive oil.
- Add in chopped garlic, onion and diced tomato; saute for a few minutes.
- Then add spinach, mushrooms and the tomatoes.
- Saute for another minute, or until spinach wilts.
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt and pepper.
- Add spinach mixture over the baked sweet potato crust, then pour egg mixture over the top. Sprinkle cheese crumbles on top along with an additional sprinkle of salt and pepper.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 180 deg C for 45 minutes or till the top of the quiche looks firm and done.
- Cool the baked quiche for a few minutes and cut into slices.
(Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes )