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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Constructing a quiche like device... Saturday morning food porn

9" pie shell
7 Extra large fresh eggs
3/4 cup Heavy cream
8 Ounces sliced mushrooms
A heaping cup of slivered pepper jack cheese
2 Tablespoons flour
Black pepper to taste
Ground kosher salt to taste
Powdered garlic to taste
Powdered onion to taste
A tablespoon of dried parsley

Quiche is nothing more than an eggy pie, with stuff tossed in for flavor. It makes a wonderful refrigerator Velcro, using up leftover bits with abandon. In this recipe, the addition of a little flour to the mix causes the quiche to veer off into Souffle land.

In a medium hot cast iron fry pan, melt a few large pats of butter. Toss in the sliced mushrooms, and let them sizzle till golden. Turn occasionally to brown evenly. A few grinds of black pepper never hurt..

While the mushrooms are browning, combine the eggs, cream, flour, garlic, parsley, and onion in a bowl. Whisk till well combined and light in color. Set aside till the mushrooms finish cooking.

Layer about 3/4 of the golden brown mushroom in the pie shell, and then cover with 3/4 of the cheese. Pour in the egg mixture. Cover with the rest of the shredded cheese, and lay the remaining mushrooms on top.

Gently slide into a preheated 350 degree oven, and go find something to do for an hour.

Return to find a fluffed up souffle-like quiche, perfectly browned on the outside and stunningly tasty on the inside.

Now... enjoy Breakfast.

4 comments:

trailbee said...: My husband's favorite dish to cook/bake. It looks stunning. But 7?; February 12, 2012 at 1:05 AM
Carteach said...: A typical recipe for a 9" quiche might call for 9 eggs, but the mushrooms are bulky. 7 was just exactly right ti fill the shell.; February 12, 2012 at 5:20 AM
og said...: At least you didn't put spinach or arugula in it. I don't want to think that I'm grazing with my food.; February 12, 2012 at 7:36 AM
Carteach said...: Ya, but it could have used fried onions in it. Next time.

I may make one today, with Chorizo sausage and pepper jack cheese.; February 12, 2012 at 7:49 AM

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