Thursday, June 5, 2008

Potato Vegetable Quiche

The proportions in this recipe still need work. I sort of improvised as I went making this last night, so don't take these directions super verbatim... The proportions here make enough quiche to fill a 9x13 pan.

I stole this recipe off SmarterFitter Blog, and edited it a little. Here's the original: sweet potato quiche.

Time to Prepare: ~60 minutes
Time in Oven: ~45-60 minutes

Ingredients:
6 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
1 bag grated cheese (I used a 4 cheese variety)
4-5 potatoes
1 onion
1-2 cloves garlic
3/4 cup canned corn
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
olive oil
2 tomatoes
3 Cups wheat/graham flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
9 tbsp margarine or butter
3/4 cups water
Spices (ex: garlic powder, oregano, tarragon, etc)

Cookware:
Skillet or pan to saute vegetables
Dish to bake quiche in oven
Knife
Cutting board
bowl

Directions:
1. Mix the flour, baking powder, butter, and 3/4 cup of cheese together in a bowl.
2. Add the water to the mixture. The dough should be firm, almost to the dry side.
3. Cover the dough and set it aside for later.
4. Set your oven to 350F.
5. Dice the tomato, peppers and onion, and chop the garlic into tiny pieces.
6. Slice the potatoes into thin slices.
7. Heat up your pan and add some olive oil; saute the onion, garlic and peppers until the onion becomes translucent. Mix in the corn and tomato, add spices (ex basil leaves, oregano), and set aside to cool.
8. Mix the eggs and the milk. Add spices to the mixture if desired (ex, tarragon, garlic powder).
9. Grease your baking dish.
10. Take your dough and spread it on the bottom and sides of your baking dish.
12. Spread half of the sauted vegetables on the crust, and then layer about half of the potato slices on top of that, spread about half the remaining cheese on top of the potatoes.
13. Make a second layer with the remaining vegetables, tomatoes and cheese.
14. Pour the egg/milk mixture on top of everything. Try and spread it evenly over the top.
15. Put your dish in the oven for 45-60 min. I think you will get a nice top and a good consistency for your quiche if you increase your oven temperature to 375F after 25/30 minutes or so.

This recipe is still kind of in the "experimental" stage, if you try it leave comments and tell me what happened!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the link and glad you enjoyed the quiche. It's interesting to read how others have interpreted the recipe. Good luck with the next one...