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Red Pepper Spinach Puff

Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Servings

6 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 : 17.5 ounce package frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 1 :cup fresh spinach cleaned and stemmed
  • 1/2 :cup diced red bell pepper
  • 4 :tablespoons water
  • 1/4 :teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 :onion chopped
  • 2 :tablespoons butter
  • 5 :eggs
  • 1 :cup cottage cheese
  • 1 :cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • salt:and pepper to taste
  • 2 :tomatoes thinly sliced

Instructions

Preparation

  • Preheat oven to 400.
  • Spray a quiche dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Line the quiche dish with puff pastry, press the pastry firmly in place and trim away any excess pastry.
  • Bake for 10 minutes.
  • In a large skillet place spinach and 4 tablespoons water.
  • Heat the mixture over medium and cover the skillet.
  • Cook until the spinach is done, approximately 2 minutes then drain well.
  • Add nutmeg to the spinach and puree the mixture. In a large skillet, saute the onions and red pepper with butter or margarine to taste.
  • Saute until the onions are soft and transparent.
  • In a medium-size mixing bowl, beat eggs.
  • Stir in the cottage cheese, spinach, and 1/2 cup of cheese.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Arrange onions and peppers along the bottom of the pastry-lined quiche dish.
  • Arrange the tomatoes over the onions.
  • Pour the egg-mixture over the onions and tomatoes, and top entire concoction with the remaining cheese.
  • Bake at 350 for 45 to 50 minutes, or until the quiche has set in the middle.