To end the week I suggest you prepare a salty cake spinach and bacon. A cake that you can serve as a starter or second course, accompanied by a good salad. Preparing it will not take you long if, like me, you use a frozen puff pastry base; the oven will do most of the work.
Spinach and bacon It is one of the most classic combinations of this type of cake. But you could use other vegetables and substitute the bacon for mushrooms if you want. The key will always be to drain well those ingredients that you need to fry or sauté in advance. Do you dare to prepare it?
Salty spinach and bacon cake
This savory spinach and bacon cake can be served as a starter in small portions or as a second course accompanied by a good salad.
Author Maria
Recipe type: Entrance
Rations: 8
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Ingredients
- 1 puff pastry base
- 5 eggs
- ½ cup of milk
- ½ cup of cream for cooking
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- 1 cup of grated cheese
- 6 fried bacon slices
Preparation
- We extend the base of puff pastry on the round mold and cover both the base and the walls, pressing the dough slightly so that it adheres. We trim the edges.
- We cover with a piece of paper oven base and sides and place some chickpeas on top. When you put the base in the oven, they will prevent it from puffing up.
- We bake the base for 10 minutes in a preheated oven at 200ºC.
- Meanwhile, we prepare the filling beating the eggs in a bowl and mixing them with the milk, the cream, the garlic, the salt, the pepper, the spinach, the cheese and the fried and drained bacon.
- Once the 10 minutes have passed, we take the base out of the oven and remove both the paper and the chickpeas.
- We pour the filling and bake at 200ºC for 40 minutes or until the puff pastry is golden and the filling has set.
- Remove from the oven, let it warm for 4 minutes and we cut into portions.