Ham and Basil Quiche

Submitted by NancyAnne

"I have been making this for many years. Easy, inexpensive, and delicious. My whole family loves it!"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 9-inch Quiche
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shells
• 1 cup ham, diced
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese or 1 cup monterey jack cheese, grated
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
• 3 eggs
• 3⁄4 3/4 cup half-and-half or 3/4 cup half & half light cream
• 1 dash black pepper
• 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese

directions

1. Heat oven to 400°F.
2. Pre-bake the pie shell for 5 minutes. After you have removed the shell from the oven, lower the oven heat to 350°F.
3. While the crust is pre-baking, mix the ham, cheese, and basil and set aside.
4. Spread mustard on the bottom of the pie crust. Sprinkle with ham-cheese mixture.
5. Beat eggs, cream, and pepper well. Pour over the ham and cheese in the pie crust. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until set and lightly browned.

Reviews

[loof751]

This was a nice tasty quiche! I used mozzarella for the cheese. At the time of this review the amount of basil wasn't specified so I used 1 teaspoon of dried and thought that was just right. Mine took about 45 minutes to bake and I used your recipe #511448 for the crust. Thanks for sharing your recipe! Made for Spring Pick-A-Chef 2014