This Spinach, Ham, and Cheddar Quiche is the perfect breakfast, brunch, or dinner meal. It's incredibly easy to make and is the perfect way to use up some leftover ham!
I don't know where it came from or why, but I had a serious hankering for some quiche. Specifically a Spinach, Ham, and Cheddar Quiche.
Ingredients Needed
The first, a pie dough. We usually keep a dough or two in our freezer for instances just like this! You could also totally use a pre-made dough from the grocery store, but I personally think that there's nothing like a homemade dough!
The rest, it doesn't get much easier.
- Leftover ham
- Fresh Spinach - a fresh bunch or about 12 oz. You can use frozen spinach, but you have to be sure that it is thawed and drained.
- Cheddar cheese - extra sharp is our favorite!
- Garlic and Onion
- Milk
- Eggs
- Salt and Pepper
Step-by-Step Instructions
First Step: Prep your crust by lining your dough in a pie dish, trimming the edges and giving it a quick 10 minute pre-bake. This is called the Blind Bake and it's what helps prevent your crust from becoming soggy.
Second Step: Saute the onion, garlic, and ham.
Third Step: Whisk together eggs, milk, and salt and pepper.
Fourth Step: Add whisked eggs to pie dish with crust and then add spinach, ham, onions, and cheddar cheese.
Fifth Step: Bake!
Spinach, Ham, and Cheddar Quiche deliciousness. Ham, cheddar, spinach, and cheese all baked into a buttery flaky pie crust? Yes, please!
This had become not only one of our go-to leftover ham recipes, but also egg recipes!
Other Favorite Egg Dishes
Crustless Spinach and Feta Quiche
FAQ
That means you didn't do a blind bake! Pre-baking your crust will help prevent this.
You need to be sure you're pre-cooking your veggies that you're adding to release their liquid. Otherwise they will release the liquid into your lovely quiche!
Definitely! Just make sure you cook them first!
Yup! Just butter (grease) your pie dish well and sprinkle with some cheese before adding eggs and fillings.
Yes, just be sure to thaw and drain it.
Enjoy, Friends! As always, please let me know if you make this recipe and what you think! I love to hear from you on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram!
Spinach, Ham, and Cheddar Quiche
Ingredients
- 1 cup cubed cooked thick cut ham
- 1 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 bunch of cleaned spinach 12 oz
- 1/2 cup of diced white onion
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 1 -2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 cup milk 2% is our preferred but you can use whatever you have.
- 4 eggs
- salt and pepper to taste
Pie Crust
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 1/2 cup slightly chilled salted butter, cubed see notes for unsalted
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
Make Pie Crust
- Sift flour, add salt, and then cut in the butter until dough is a consistency similar to bread crumbs. Slowly add the cold water and once combined shape into a smooth ball (don't over work), wrap in foil, and put in fridge to cool / rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Blind bake the crust. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. After 30 minutes, remove from fridge and roll out into a large circular shape on a floured surface. Gently place the dough over and into a 9 inch 1 1/4 inch deep pie pan (standard size) and then cut off excess around the edges. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add garlic and onions to a saute pan with olive oil. Saute until onions are translucent. Add ham and then spinach and cook until spinach is wilted.
- In a large bowl, add eggs and milk and whisk vigorously. Then add ham, onions, and spinach and mix, then add cheese and mix all together.
- Slowly pour the mixture into the pre-baked pie crust and then add to oven. Bake for 40-50 minutes until middle is done and set. Edges should be browned, center set but still a little jiggly. Let cool for at least 10 minutes and then enjoy!
Amazing looking quiche Tracy! Pass me a slice please 😀
Your quiche looks so wonderful and delicious! The crust looks great too!
I'm a lover of quiche too, so I can completely relate to your hankering. 🙂 Love this classic variation.
I love Quiche and this looks so good!
ooh this looks so yummy!
Mmmm I love me some quiche. Especially spinach in the mix!
Yes, yes, yes.... I love egg dishes but have never tried a quiche. This one looks easy enough for me to try (I bet my cook of a husband will take on the challenge of whipping up some crust for me 😉 ) What a great dish to bring to the party, and the photos are gorgeous.
This truly does look fabulous. I agree with some other bloggers; can your husband hold a cooking class for our men??? How fantastic that this was a dual effort delicious meal! And wow does it look good. I agree, mixing the ingredients is much better than layering. So good!
looks really yummy i am always nervous to make pastry though xx
I need your husband to meet my husband. But back to the quiche, just a month ago I had a specific hankering for quiche and wen to our neighborhood French Japanese bakery/cafe Amandine, where I don't know how they make their quiche but it is fabulous. The shot of the slice really makes your recipe look so delicious. There is a recipe in one of my Thomas Keller books for a deep dish quiche that looks as tall as 2 cheesecakes and takes a wrestling session to get the dough into the pan . . . but I am determined to make it one day. So maybe I start with your recipe? Nice job here, thanks for bringing to FF.
wow! delicious!
We love quiche! It is a fantastic egg dish that is indeed good any time of the day. So many fillings to put in and great for leftovers as you used the ham.
Hi Tracy - where to start? Your fab husband with a memorised pastry recipe that he whips up before going to the gym…the ham - WHAT a bargain…the deliciousness in that quiche and that photo! Beam me up Scotty! Oh my - I am not moving from this table!! Thanks for bringing this delish dish to the party - Happy FF17!
What a classic party snack! Nothing can go wrong with spinach & ham!
Such a great looking quiche! I still have to gibe quiche a go. Never tried it before myself. But you recipe does sound like one of my favorites.
Looks great Tracy! Yum! I love different ways of making eggs!
What a wonderful husband you have, Tracy! I don't like dealing with crust due to the flying flour powder I always have every single time I make them. 😐
I also love quiche and this looks absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for bringin them today! Enjoy FF! 🙂
This looks amazing!!! Spinach, ham and cheese, what a perfect combo:)
Thanks! It's definitely a classic! 🙂
Beautiful looking quiche! I love that you bought all those hams, this is a great way to use them!
Thank you; I just can't pass up such a good deal! 😉
DANG! This looks SOOO good, I LOVE quiche... I can't believe your studly hubby knows the recipe by heart! I like mixing all of the ingredients instead of layering too. I'm obsessed with Quiche... and the picture is AMAZING.... I saw it and literally said out loud, "Are you kidding me?"... HAHA it's like.... I don't know, frame that pic. Sheeeeez.
Dang! You took the words right out of my mouth, Stephanie! Anything with eggs always appeal to me, so this one does. Huge! Like I want that slice right there right now. Why hasn't anyone invented a teleport for blogs already? 🙂
You guys are too stinkin' cute. I sooo agree about eggs. I don't know how anyone lives without them. I think you've got yourself a billion dollar idea there, Angie! Now we just need the astrophysicist-something-person to make it for us! 😉
I thought you just needed Scotty. Beam me up, Scotty! 🙂
hahaha thanks! When I took it was like "oh man, I totally could have arranged the spinach before I cooked it to make it prettier, ha! Quiche is a very good thing to be obsessed with- I think it's time I explored that obsession 😉
The way the spinach looks is my FAVORITE PART!!!! It looks fancy shmancy!.... And um, I'm waiting for that teleport ANY day now, I was just thinking about that last Fiesta Friday actually......