It’s a well-kept secret that quiche is totally awesome. Seriously, ask just about anyone and they’ll tell you that quiche is “Alright, I guess” or “Not really worth the calories” or “a little gay.” Don’t listen to these people. Quiche is pie you can have for breakfast, and I challenge you to come up with a better idea. For anything. This conversation was brief and to the point, so I’ll just post the recipe.
Ingredients:
1 9″ baked pie shell
1 cup grated Swiss cheese
3 large eggs
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 pkg. original Hidden Valley Ranch Mix
2 tbs or so of bacon bits (or other cooked meat)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle cheese in pie shell. Whisk eggs til frothy. Add other ingredients and mix. Pour over cheese. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 250 degrees and bake 15-20 minutes until center is set.
We’ve done this a few times and haven’t had to modify the recipe much, but our oven sucks a lot so we do bake it a few extra minutes. As you can see, the first one didn’t really bake long enough. Also, it’s important to let it sit and cool off before serving, which would have been nice to know beforehand. On our most recent attempt I left out some cream (oh, and we use half and half instead of heavy cream) because seriously, it’s hard to justify a whole cup of cream for something you’re going to eat half of. We’ve also experimented with different meat/cheese combinations. Chicken is great but you don’t have to cook ham. Ham wins. Oh, and we used a little black pepper and no ranch mix. The ranch mix just seemed gratuitous, really.
Note: When making quiche it’s important to grunt and swear a lot, and punch things, to counteract the fact that quiche is a little gay (those people are right).
