“Caprese” Quiche · Thyme for Cooking

The theme for Monday posts in July is…. Quiche.

Extra particularly, summer season quiche.

Whereas we do nearly all of our summer season cooking on the barbecue grill, there are all the time days when it’s chilly, windy, and wet. When that occurs, cooking returns to the kitchen.

However we nonetheless have all these pretty veggies from the potager.

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“Caprese” Quiche

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The mozzarella has plenty of moisture so this took a bit longer than my different quiches to “set”. It held it’s form nicely, although. And the flavors have been good for summer season.
I used yellow tomatoes and purple basil.

• Writer: Kate
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Baking time: 45 minutes
• Prepare dinner Time: quarter-hour
• Whole Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
• Yield: 2 servings 1x
• Class: One Dish Dinners

• 2/3 cup (4.4oz, 125gr) quick-cooking brown or common Basmati rice
• 1 1/3 cup (11oz, 330ml) hen broth
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup (1oz, 30gr) shredded cheese any taste – it helps to bind the crust
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 ball (4oz, 125gr drained weight) contemporary mozzarella, sliced as thinly as potential
• 1 giant tomato (mine was yellow) or 2 small, sliced as thinly as potential
• 4oz (120gr) ham, reduce into matchsticks
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) milk
• 1/2 cup basil leaves, loosely packed, left complete

• The crust:
• Prepare dinner rice in broth in line with bundle directions.
• When completed, unfold out on a plate for five minutes to permit to chill a bit – or cook dinner it forward.
• Flippantly oil a ten″ (25 cm) pie or quiche plate.
• Flippantly whisk 1 egg.
• Add 1/4 cup shredded cheese and the cooked rice. Combine nicely.
• Pat into the quiche plate or pie pan, working it up the edges as finest you possibly can. Bake in 400F (200C) oven for 10 minutes.
• Take away.
• The filling:
• Whisk eggs and milk collectively.
• To assemble:
• Prepare sliced mozzarella on crust.
• Prime with ham and basil leaves.
• Lay tomatoes on prime.
• Pour egg combination over as evenly as you possibly can.
• Bake for 45 – 55 minutes, till heart has set.
• Take away and let relaxation 5 minutes. Slice and serve.

Notes

When baking quiches or tarts, I put the dish on a sturdy baking tray, earlier than pouring within the egg combination, for simpler dealing with.
I usually solely bake a quiche for 30 – 35 minutes, however the moisture within the mozzarella appears to have made this one gradual to set,

Diet

• Serving Dimension: 1/2 recipe
• Energy: 844
• Sugar: 10.4 g
• Sodium: 1370.7 mg
• Fats: 40.1 g
• Saturated Fats: 19 g
• Trans Fats: 0.3 g
• Carbohydrates: 62.3 g
• Fiber: 2 g
• Protein: 55.8 g
• Ldl cholesterol: 505.3 mg

Want Potato Crust? Tomato Quiche

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