Chef John's Spinach And Feta Pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 pound fresh spinach
• 12 eggs
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 6 slices bacon, chopped
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 ounces crumbled feta cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• heat butter in a large oven-safe skillet over high heat. toss spinach in hot butter until wilted, about 30 seconds. drain spinach well and squeeze it as dry as possible. transfer to a cutting board and chop.
• beat eggs in a bowl with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper until thoroughly combined.
• place bacon in the same skillet used to cook spinach and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until bacon has rendered its fat and is almost crisp, 5 to 8 minutes. use a paper towel held in a tongs to remove excess bacon grease. reduce heat to medium; saute onion with bacon and a pinch of salt until onion is translucent, about 5 more minutes.
• saute chopped spinach with bacon and onion until spinach is hot; pour in eggs. use a wooden spoon to distribute spinach evenly throughout the eggs. sprinkle feta cheese over mixture.
• bake in the preheated oven until eggs are set, 10 to 15 minutes. top may still be a little wet.
• turn on oven's broiler. broil pie until top is lightly golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.