Choose Your Filling Quiche

We had a huge vegetable garden when the kids were growing up.  As such, I loved recipes that allowed me to add things from the garden.  Quiche was good for that.  We always had spinach, cherry tomatoes, various peppers, asparagus . . . the list goes on.  I used the same basic quiche recipe with different veggie fillings based on whatever the harvest was.  I found I really liked having bacon or ham along with the veggies.   One thing I did so that I could make this whenever I wanted was to buy a large block of Jarlsburg cheese and shred it with the food processor.  I then bagged 1 1/2 cup portions in ziploc bags in the freezer.  I also made sure to keep a couple of cans of evaporated milk on hand.  That's probably how I ended up using that in lieu of cream or half & half, which I typically didn't keep.  Just pull your cheese out of the freezer a few hours ahead of time and save your trip to the store.  Ready made pie crust sheets also come in handy in the freezer!

Choose Your Filling Quiche

Printable Recipe

Adapted from Quiche Pan, Potpourri Press 1976 (out of print)

Filling for 1 ½ inch deep quiche pan

Serves 6 - 8

Using pie crust of your choice, precooked for 10 minutes at 400 degrees and cooled.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Ingredients:

½ lb. bacon, diced and fried until crisp

1 ½ cup shredded Jarlsburg cheese

4 eggs

1 Tablespoon flour

12 oz. can evaporated milk

¼ tsp. Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

⅛ tsp. Nutmeg

2 Tablespoons butter melted

Place the bacon and cheese in the partially baked pastry shell.

Place the eggs in a bowl.  Add the flour and stir with a wire wisk.  It will

Appear lumpy, but do not worry about it.  It will be alright. Stir in all

The remaining ingredients.

Pour the custard into the pastry shell.  Bake for 35 minutes or until the quiche

has puffed slightly and the custard is lightly firm in the center.

Serve hot or cold.  (It is better hot!)

Other fillings:  My favorite is to add sliced cherry tomatoes and scallions to

the bacon.   You can also add cooked spinach, diced ham, asparagus.

Use your imagination!