Quick Quiche
After a long and stressful week, I needed to make something that would be quick, delicious and not break my budget. The girls were coming for lunch and I was bored with making yet another salad.
As I opened the refrigerate, I could hear my voice echo from the emptiness in front of me since I didn’t go food shopping yet. How creative can I get with what I have? That's when it hit me, my chef's hat has many folds, I can do this!
You’re asking yourself what does that mean? Is Kathy drinking this early in the day? No! The number of folds on a chef’s hat reflects how experienced a chef was. A pleat could signify a technique or recipe the chef has mastered. If a chef had 100 pleats in their hat, it showed that they knew 100 different ways to prepare eggs. Eggs are in my barren refrigerator, what can I make? We’re going to make a quiche!
This recipe is easy, quick and cheap. Three of my favorite words.
Let’s get baking, you’ll need: Bake: 400 degrees Time: 35 mins
1 ¼ cups Bisquick Mix
¼ cup Butter (softened)
2 tablespoons of boiling water
6 slices of fried bacon
2 medium onions chopped and fried in Herb Butter (see previous blog for recipe)
½ cup heavy cream
1 cup half and half
3 eggs
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 baked potato (well drained can potatoes can be used instead)
1/8 tsp nutmeg
½ tsp black pepper
“Mise en Place” (I have to stop watching Food Network) which just means prepare all your ingredients before you get started. Chop your bacon into bite size pieces and slice your potato (remove the skin) into rounds (I had a left over baked potato from dinner last night. Waste nothing, you paid for the food, let’s find a way to use the leftovers).
In a bowl mix the Bisquick, butter and hot water until it forms a soft dough. Push into a 9" pie plate that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. On top of the Bisquick shell, put your sliced potatoes, chopped bacon and half the cheese.
Whisk the eggs, heavy cream and half and half until it’s light and fluffy. Add nutmeg and pepper. (you don’t need to add salt since you’re using bacon). Before you pour the egg mixture on top, put your pie plate on a baking sheet. You’ll thank me later for this in case the quiche bubbles over and makes a mess in your oven. Yes, I know this from experience and had to clean my oven after a quiche incident.
Gently pour the egg mixture on top of the potato, bacon and cheese that's in the pie shell. Put it in an oven that’s 400 degrees for 20 mins. This will allow the quiche to set before you top it with the remainder of the cheese.
After 20 minutes, take out of the oven and top with remaining cheese. Bake for another 15 minutes. The quiche may look a little loose in the middle but carry over cooking will tighten it up.
Serve warm with a side of sour cream and you have a wonderful lunch that the girls will think you worked all day on. It’s our secret that it was easy and quick!
Enjoy and your comments are always welcomed.