Potato Crusted Quiche
From keeperrox 18 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This makes a great mid-week meal, especially when served with a nice salad. If you don't want to shred the potatoes by hand, use one bag of shredded hashbrowns, found in the produce or dairy aisle. However, using the grating attachment to a food processor speeds up the prep time significantly. Read more Also, I frequently use egg substitute (Egg Beaters) and Lactaid Milk in place of the eggs and cream, both to lower the fat and cholesterol levels, and to appease my husband's stomach. See less
Ingredients
- 1 red pepper, diced shopping list
- 1/2 red onion, diced shopping list
- 2-4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed shopping list
- 1 ham steak, diced into 1/4 inch cubes shopping list
- 3 medium to large potatoes, scrubbed and grated shopping list
- 6 oz smoked gouda (or other smoked cheese), shredded shopping list
- 8 eggs shopping list
- 1 pint cream shopping list
- Jalepeno hot sauce, to taste (optional) shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
- 3 tbsp butter, divided shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a 10-inch non-stick, oven proof pan, using 1 tbsp of butter, saute peppers and onion over medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and ham steak and continue to saute for an additional 2 minutes. Remove mixture to small bowl.
- Melt additional 1 tbsp buttter and carefully press grated potatoes into pan to form a "crust". Potatoes should come up to the lip on the pan. Dot potatoes with remaining tbsp of butter.
- Evenly spread pepper and ham mixture over the potatoes.
- Evenly sprinkle shredded cheese over the pepper and ham mixture.
- In a medium bowl, beat eggs, cream, hot sauce (if using), salt, and pepper and pour over mixture.
- Bake in preheated oven for approx. 30 minutes, or until top is golden brown and knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Carefully remove from oven (handle will be HOT!!!) and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Loosen from pan using spatula, slide onto platter or cutting board, and cut into 8 wedges.
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