Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Egg Update

So I asked for egg suggestions like a week and a half ago and then I never told anyone what happened. And what happened was that I made quiche. Which makes Taryn's the winning suggestion, I guess. ;) But I still have eggs left, so omelets or dashimaki may still be in the works. I haven't decided.

But anyway, I kind of looked up quiche in my Fanny Farmer (my favorite basic cookbook) and then winged it from there, but here's what I basically did:

Even though I've actually made pie shells before that didn't entirely suck, this time I just bought some frozen ones.

Most of the Fannie Farmer quiches seem to consist of filling on the bottom, cheese in the middle, and egg-and-cream mix on top (which actually seeps down through all the other layers). So I put in some leftover mushrooms and broccoli and covered them with a ton of cheddar and smoked gouda. Then I mixed together about 2 cups of half-and-half with four eggs (all the Fannie Farmer quiches called for 4 eggs) and some salt, pepper, and chipotle powder and poured it over the top.

Then I cooked it all for 15 minutes at 425 degrees and then turned down the oven to 350 and baked for 30 minutes more.

It turned out pretty well, but I could have totally put more spices in the egg-and-cream stuff. If I try the dashimaki I'll tell everyone how that goes.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for that recipe. I'll have to try that soon. Akiko was just saying she thought homemade quiche sounded good!

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  2. I always thought quiche was this fancy complicated thing until my friend taught me to make it :) I have had success baking fresh jalapenos in them by the way. They add the right amount of heat and crunch. I have long wanted to make a quiche with a potato crust...maybe soon!

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  3. Potato crust sounds good, kind of like quiche crossed with shepherd's pie. I always thought quiche would be fancy and complicated, too. I bet jalapeno quiche would be really good, but I had all these leftovers this time . . .

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  4. Supposedly quiche was born out of the need to use up leftovers. At least that is what I have been told. It really does lend itself well to using up a little of this and a little of that. I realized after I posted my last comment that I totally already talked about jalapeno quiche, didn't mean to belabor that! Oops. That's what happens when I leave town and go without the internets for a week :(

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