Remember the AMAZING six week Free* journey that I went on? & that I will continue to persue my entire life? & that was an AMAZING journey? Well, for our last small group meeting we decided to meet at Keyta's house for brunch. I am a big fan of cooking but almost never do any... which is just dumb, really. Oy, what I wouldn't give for an extra 4 hours in the day. I'm getting a little off course. ANYWAY, we met for brunch at Dr. L-Bell's house for our last get together & I thought that it would be a wonderful opportunity to test my culinary skills & make a quiche I'd never made before! I found this recipe on the Food Network's website & doctored it up a bit. Here's my take on the recipe:
Ingredients
- A head of broccoli, cut into small pieces
- 1 tbsp of olive oil- you really don't even need this if you'd rather not use it or have run out
- 1 cup of chopped onion- any kind will do, I used a white onion
- 2 tbsps of parsley
- 8 oz of ham cut into small cubes- I bought a package from the packaged lunchmeat section of the grocery store that was already cut & worked great
- 2 tbsp butter- this is to grease the pie pan; next time I'll definitely just use Pam instead so that the quiche doesn't stick
- 2 tbsp of Parmesan cheese from the little green can
- 2 cups half & half
- 2 large eggs PLUS 2 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp of flour
- Kosher salt- I have the kind that you grind & I gave it 10 turns, next time I would give it 6-7 turns
- 1 tsp of black pepper
- 8 oz of grated Swiss cheese
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil & cook broccoli for no more than 1-2 minutes.
4. Grease a pie pan w/ the tbsp of butter (or Pam, if you'd rather). Sprinkle the bottom of the pan w/ 2 tbsp of parmesan cheese.
5. Whisk together the eggs, egg yolks, half & half, salt & pepper.
6. Spread half of the broccoli, onion & ham into the pie pan & sprinkle w/ half of the Swiss cheese. Spread the rest of the broccoli, onion & ham into the pie pan & sprinkle the rest of the Swiss cheese on top. Pour the mixture from step 5 into the pan.
7. Cook on 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Result? A whole lot of wonderful for your taste buds & a great addition to any brunch.
Even Buddy Joe liked it. :)
I was really excited about this recipe because it is SO versitile! As long as you remember how to make the soupy mixture of eggs & half & half, you can add anything else to make a completely different quiche. I think next time I will make a southwest version w/ green, red & yellow peppers, red pepper instead of black, tomatoes, monterey jack cheese & a spicier meat- maybe sausage? Yum... :)
You will come to my house and make me some quiche? Yes? Good - my mind control tactic is working...
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