Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Quiche

The delicious savoury egg-pie, from France!

YOU NEED: a pie crust, bought or made, blind-baked for 10 minutes until semi-done.
6 eggs 
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons sour cream
Cheese
Various vegetables, herbs, meats
seasoning.

Let's start with my favourite: feta, tomato, bacon, and spinach Quiche
1. bake pie crust for 10 minutes, take out and cool.
2. in a bowl, whip together 6 eggs. VICKY TIP: whip whites seperately for a super fluffy quiche]
3. in egg mixture, add in milk, sour cream, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. 
4. in pie crust, put in chopped tomatoes, bacon, and pour in egg mixture. [leftover egg mix can be made into another quiche, or an omelette]
5. finally top off pie with lots of crumbled feta cheese, and spinach.
6. bake for 30-45 minutes. use the toothpick-method to check for done-ness [if it comes out clean, it's done]
7. serve with a nice fresh salad.

MORE QUICHES.

Asparagus, Goat Cheese, Mushrooms
Broccoli, cheddar, and bacon
American: ham, cheddar, spinach
MINI! great party foods. bake in muffin tins, you can use Crescent rolls from the store, or phyllo pastry. 
Classic Quiche Lorraine: sauteed mushrooms, onions, peppers, ham, gruyere/swiss cheese
Classic Quiche Florentine: sauteed onions, ham, wilted spinach, swiss or jarlsberg cheese
Italian Quiche: add tomato sauce to the egg mix, basil, parmesan or mozzarella or both, chopped tomatoes, garlic
Cheeseburger Quiche: the french will hate you for this. ground beef, onions, peppers, tomato, lots of cheddar cheese. 

MORE? 
Tex-Mex- Quiche: fajita or taco seasoned chicken or beef, jalapenos, tomato, monterey jack
Caprese Quiche: basil, mozzarella, tomato, balsamic vinegar in the egg mix
Pizza Quiche: Spicy Genoa Salami or pepperoni, mushroom, pepper, cheddar or mozzarella with tomato sauce in the egg mix
Swiss Mushroom Melt Quiche: swiss cheese, mushrooms, ham
Breakfast Quiche: crumbled breakfast sausage, cheddar, tomatoes
Pesto quiche: add pesto and chicken.
Roasted Red Pepper Quiche: Chopped roasted red peppers, basil, mozzarella and parmesan
Alfredo Quiche: some cream, parsley, lots of parmesan, a bit of garlic and lemon juice

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