CLASSIC QUICHE (70'S STYLE)

Submitted by redhot

"A great dish to eat while wearing bell-bottoms, and listening to a Bee Gees or 5th Demension album."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1 9" unbaked pie shell
• 2 cups shredded swiss cheese (8 ounces)
• 3 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 1⁄2 cups half-and-half
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter

directions

1. Place bacon in pie shell, then sprinkle in cheese.
2. In bowl, beat together eggs, half-and-half, salt and pepper.
3. Pour over the cheese.
4. Break cold butter into small pieces over top.
5. Bake in 375 oven 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
6. Allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[AshleySue]

I am looking for a recipe for this that my mama made when I was a kid. It would have been between the late 80s early 90s. This one was good but not how I remember it.

 

[BeccaB2]

This was yummy, but I also had some issues with overflow as did the other reviewer. Will use a deep dish pie crust next time to see if that solves the problem.

 

[I'mPat]

Cheesy and creamy and salty from the bacon. I used 3 rashers of bacon which gave me 1 cup of diced bacon. I measured out 8oz of cheddar (smoked and vintage) as that is all I had but got 4 cups but only used 2 and for a 9" pie dish only 1 cup of the egg mixture would go in (I will use the excess by adding some more eggs and scrambling for creamy scrambled egg) and even then as it cooked I had some overflow. Baked at 170C fan forced oven for 30 minutes. We enjoyed the dish with a simple tossed salad, thank you redhot, made for June Photo Event Pies and Tarts.