Quiche @ MindSay

I made some quiche for my sis' graduation party. I took a picture of a corner (?) of one. The recipe I posted before.

(Shell, ingrediants, pre-pour of eggage.)

6 eggs
4 cups of shredded cheese (your choice*)
fillings (your choice*)
spices and herbs (your choice*)
1 frozen, premade deep (2") pie crust
1 tablespoon melted butter

Preheat the oven to 425.

In a medium to large mixing bowl, mix (whisk) the eggs, melted butter and any ingrediants you find in your cubbards and/or fridge*, and three cups of your favorite cheese. Pour mixture into frozen pie crust and top with remaining cup of cheese. Place the pie tin on a cookie sheet and place in oven for 30-35 min. or until a knife comes away clean when stuck into the center of the quiche.

I love making quiches. The beauty of a quiche is that most people think that they take a lot of work but in actuality they are very simple to make. If you want to spend a little extra time on them, it shows and pops the quiche from delicious to extraordinary.

*They are easily customizable, plus you rarely have to take special trips to the store for ingrediants. Anything can be put in them. Keep in mind tasteful balances and they become a quick and savory joy for the mouth.

Quiches I Have Made-

Good Ol' Stand-by Broccoli Quiche: Some Worcestershire sauce, fresh (or frozen) chopped (as big or as little as you like) broccoli, garlic powder and sharp cheddar.

If You Like Asparagus Quiche: Steamed asparagus, mozzarella, red pepper flakes, ground black pepper.

'Shroom Quiche: Baby portabellas (sliced) ((I like these because they are meaty)), basil, marble jack, Worcestershire sauce, sprinkling of ground black pepper, ground mustard.

Mexi-Canny Quiche: Salsa, button mushrooms, pepper jack, pepper/salt, and lemon juice.

The options are endless. Remember, if you're going to use meat (and a lot of people say a quiche isn't a quiche without some ham), cook it before baking it into the quiche.

I like throwing a key-element of the quiche onto the top of the cheese for garnish to make it easier to identify which quiche is which, because I tend to make them in batches.

Well, anyway, i'm glad because today we got many important things done: such as going to the ASSEDIC to make sure Howie would still be listed as looking for a job, which entitles us to an interesting discount on monthly bus tickets for him. We also bought the tax stamp that we need to have his resident's permit renewed... it will be renewed for one year and then, from next year, it will have to be done only every 10 years...

And last, but not least.... we went to the grocery shop! It was high time, there wasn't much healthy food left in the fridge....

So, tonight, i'm making a quiche, a leek tart and a green salad!

For a quiche, you need:

puff pastry

a few eggs, i'd say 2 for each person.

2 cups of milk

ham (according to how much you want to put)

grated cheese

salt and pepper

Mix eggs, milk, salt and paper.

Display puff pastry in a 1.5 inch high dish.

Display ham and grated cheese on it.

Add the liquid mixture on top.

Put in the oven until thouroughly cooked.

Eat warm or cold.

Easy to make and quite good tasting!

Leek tart:

 er.... i gotta go cook... I might update that later.

So I dont really want to bore anyone with this rather abitrary entry, but hey its on my mind. I'm seeing this guy at the moment. The 'relationship' is very young, and we're in the getting to know each other stage. To cut a reaeaaallllllll long story short, I've had two rediculous relationships this year. So yeah, this guy was a nice change. Perfectly normal, well as normal as can be. Only thing is that he suffers from the typical British reserve. He phoned me last night to ask what the plural for quiche is!

sigh

Instead of real eggs, I use eggbeaters and since my mom doesn't eat fat, due to her having high cholesterol several years ago this works out for her.  I talked to my friend Chef Rach and she said to not freeze real eggs because the proteins will break down (or something to that effect). 

So here is the modified recipe:

1 cup of eggbeaters

1 cup non-fat half & half

1 cup low fat swiss cheese (shredded)

1/4 cup chopped onion

7 slices of bacon, cooked very crisp

1 10oz package frozen spinach thawed and squeeze out ALL the water

dash of cayenne pepper

1/2 tsp salt

1 frozen, deep-dish pie crust.

Mix all ingredients and pour into pie shell.  Cook in 350 oven for 1 hr 15 min (watch top for browning) it is done when you shake it and the middle is set.