Recipe: Marie Callender's Quiche

MARIE CALLENDER'S QUICHE
From Marie Callender's Restaurant, Milwaukee, WI.

1/2 cup minced white onion
1/2 cup dry white wine
4 eggs
2 cups heavy (whipping) cream
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground white pepper
Dash nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed dry
12 oz natural Swiss cheese, grated
1 oz ham, diced
1 (10-inch across, 2-inch deep) deep-dish pie crust, lightly baked

In medium saucepan, place onions and wine, and bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer until most liquid is gone. Cool, set aside.

In large bowl, beat eggs and heavy cream together. Add salt, pepper, nutmeg, cooled onion mixture and spinach; set aside.

Sprinkle cheese evenly over pie shell. Sprinkle ham over cheese. Top with egg mixture.

Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.

Makes 8 servings.

Source: Bill Woodward, Chef, Marie Callender's Milwaukee, WI; Milwaukee Sentinel, April 23, 1992.