Spinach and Mushroom Quiche
Serves 2 large gastronome tins (50 portions)
Ingredients
For pastry
- 1.8kg flour
- 900g margarine
- Pinch salt
- Sufficient water to make fairly firm pastry
For the egg custard
- 5 pints milk
- 30 eggs
- Seasoning
- 2kg grated cheese
- 1kg chopped onions
- 1kg spinach
- 1kg mushroom
- 150g butter
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F / Gas Mark 6

2. Rub flour into margarine until crumble mix
3. Add sufficient water to make fairly firm dough, leave to rest in the fridge.
4. To Make the filling, mix eggs with milk, sieve and season
5. Roll out pastry into tins to an 5mm thickness place back in the fridge.
6. Place in the oven the pastry cases to bake blind when done remove and allow to coo slightly.
7. Sweat onions, add mushrooms and cook for 5mins then add the spinach cook for 2 minutes then remove from the heat.
8. Scatter over baked bases and add half of cheese
9. Pour over the egg custard mix
10. Sprinkle rest of cheese on top and bake in oven for 40-45 minutes
11. Remove from oven and cool slightly before serving
Nutritional Analysis
Per portion (210g)
- Energy: 450 kcal / 1874 KJ
- Fat: 30.8g
- Saturates: 12.6g
- Protein: 17.5g
- Carbohydrate: 27.4g
- Sugars: 4.1g
- Fibre: 1.7g
- Sodium: 511mg
Per 100g
- Energy: 215 kcal / 894 KJ
- Fat: 14.7g
- Saturates: 6.0g
- Protein: 8.4g
- Carbohydrate: 13.1g
- Sugars: 2g
- Fibre: 0.8g
- Sodium: 244mg

More from James Martin
![]()
Saturday Kitchen
Weekend food show full of mouth-watering food, great chefs and celebrity guests.
![]()
James Martin's Food Map of Britain
James takes to the skies to see how the landscape produces distinct regional ingredients.
![]()
Junior Bake Off
Forty bakers compete to be champion by completing James Martin and Mary Berry's challenges.
![]()
James Martin: Home Comforts
James Martin shares his recipes and secrets for home cooking, from his very own kitchen.
![]()
BBC Food: James Martin Recipes
Browse the BBC's archive of recipes by James Martin, and find out more about him.





