This is a delicious easy main dish you can serve for brunch or dinner. Pair with a nice arugula salad with tomatoes, your guest will ask for a second helping!
Quiche Lorraine
Ingredients:
- 4 jumbo organic eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 cup of heavy cream
- 1 cup of half and half
- 1/4 cup of sweet onion finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped chives
- 1 package of thick bacon
- 3/4 cup of grated Jarlsberg cheese
- 3/4 cup of baby swiss cheese
- 1/4 cup of finely grated parmesan and romano
- 1/2 cup of Le Gruyere cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon of fresh nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 unbaked pie dough
- 1 9inch deep dish pie pan
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- Prepare the pie dough into the pie pan and set aside
- Chopped raw bacon into small pieces and cook in a skillet until crispy, drain on paper towel and set aside
- Drain bacon fat out of the skillet but leave 1 tablespoon
- Sauté the sweet onions until soft and translucent, remove and drain on a paper towel
- Place the bacon evenly on the bottom of the pie pan
- Sprinkle onions and chives on top
- In a large bowl slightly beat the eggs
- Add cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper
- Mix together and pour into pie shell
- Bake in oven at 450 for 15 minutes
- Reduce heat to 350 and bake for about 45 minutes longer until cooked into the center.
- Let cool for 1o minutes and serve