easy quiche

In the middle of winter is probably not the time to be posting about quiche.  But a friend of mine of Facebook had a friend ask her about quiche, and I remembered I'd taken photos of the last quiche I made back in September specifically for this blog (phew, that was quite a sentence).   I didn't get around to blogging about it.  So, now that I've remembered, I will tell you all about it. 

This particular recipe comes from an old cookbook of mine entitled "The Starving Students Cookbook" (I should note the version I have was published way back in 1994 and was given to me by my friend Lisa in 1995...if you are reading this...Thanks Lisa!).  The quiche recipe is the only recipe I still use regularly from this cookbook, mainly because its very versatile and as I said in the title of this post, easy.  

This cookbook has seen a lot of use over the years.

The original recipe is entitled "Quiche in a Blender".  I've kicked it up a few notches over the many years I've made it, and use whatever veggies I have on hand.  And I add bacon, cause bacon kicks everything up a few notches.

Here's the basic recipe straight from the book (which will be followed by my altered recipe):

Quiche in a Blender
from The Starving Students Cookbook 

1 cup milk
1/2 cup Packaged Pancake Mix (e.g., Bisquick)
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
3/4 cup grated jack, white, chedder or swiss cheese
1/2 cup frozen cut-up broccoli

Preheat oven to 350º

STEP 1:  Combine all ingredients, except broccoli, in blender container.  Blend on low speed 1 minute.

STEP 2: Thaw broccoli in cold water, drain and pat dry with paper towel.

STEP 3: Spread a bit of butter around inside the pie pan.  Lan broccoli in bottom of pie pan. Pour blender mixture over broccoli (being careful not to spill over the sides). Bake in 350º oven 40 minutes or till quiche is puffy and golden and doesn't jiggle when you move it.

footnote: You might want to try this with spinach for a terrific spinach quiche. 

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My version follows the above directions down to the "frozen broccoli".  I add a lot more stuff to my quiches than just broccoli (although, I'm sure just broccoli would be fine as well).  So, here's what I did last time I made this recipe.

Quiche in a Blender, Jen's Version

1 cup milk
1/2 cup Package Pancake Mix 
OR  1/2 cup whole wheat flour
      3/4 tsp baking powder
      1/4 tsp salt
      1/2 T shortening
2 eggs
2 Tablepoons real butter
3/4 cup of grated cheese (your choice) + extra for the top of the quiche 
Fresh herbs, finely chopped
2-3 slices of bacon, cut into smaller pieces (lardons)
Your choice of vegetables

And now, here's how I put it together.  You can either go ahead and blend the milk, flour, bp, salt, shortening, eggs, butter and grated cheese before sautéing or if you like to multitask like me, do it while you are sautéing your veggies.  

Start by sautéing the bacon until crispy.

Remove the bacon from the skillet and add in your roughly chopped vegetables.  This time around, I used kohlrabi and peter pan squash from my garden.  Season with salt and pepper.

Once your veggies are in and starting to cook a bit, then add in your chopped herbs.  I used chives, rosemary, basil, and a mystery herb from my garden.

Sprinkle on the herbs and keep tossing everything around.

Til it look something like this and you get some nice browned bits on your veggies.

Remove the veggies and add in some chopped greens.  I used swiss chard.  Kale or collards or spinach would be lovely as well.  Saute your greens until softened.

Butter the pie pan.  Here is another way I differ.  I like to layer my quiche.  So, put about 1/3 of the bacon, veggies and greens in the pan.  Pour about 1/3 of the blended mixture on top.  Then repeat until everything is used up.  Try to end with a layer of the blended mixture.

Then, sprinkle on some more cheese for the topping.  I usually add a bit of parmesan on top too.

Bake at 350º for about 40 minutes or until it looks like this.  

It's really yummy and  you don't miss the pie crust at all.  Enjoy!!

Comments

[Theyholdmyheart.blogspot.com]

Yum! Great recipe! You won't believe what I have cooling on my counter right now. Spinach Quiche. Great minds think alike! ;)
Amanda

[JenPack]

Thanks Amanda! How did yours turn out?