Tasty Failed Quiche
This may come as something of a shock given the nature of the site, but I’m not a huge fan of recipes per say.
As an idea, a spark and very loose guidelines they’re wonderful and a healthy shelf of them will always make for a better kitchen. Just never taken much of a particular interest in them on a whole.
I learned to cook by watching my father during the week, my mum on the weekends. Neither followed a recipe once to the best of my recollection. It was the creative process they took to, they were government employees and I think rather happy to partake in something that didn’t rely on tomes or paper trails.
Then again, some noobs just need to rtfm. Quiche, first attempt ever.
What was supposed to be black beans and rice becomes chorizo, mushrooms, peppers, onion, potato and avocado.
On the whole it was delightful, only problem was it didn’t stay whole. Came to resemble something more akin to an unruly fritatta, not that I’m opposed but as a quiche one looks for a little more teamwork and togetherness. Too much stuff, not enough egg.
Remixed and readjusted is totally worth the endeavour, hope you love it too.
- 3 egg whites
- 3/4 c milk
- 2 yukon gold potatoes
- 1/2 green and red peppers
- 1/4 red onion
- 2-4 mushrooms
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 chorizo sausage
- 50-80 grams old cheddar… half a cup give or take
- pinch of onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper and basil.
Start some water to boil, when ready add potatoes and chorizo together… cuz it rocks. Preheat oven to 350c. Sautee the peppers, onion and mushrooms to get a bit of the moisture out… I neglected to do that as well. If you’re looking for easy and yummy, it’s really not necessary but if you’d like a higher factor of quichiness…quichiocity… if you’d like it not to look like an omlette that’s been hit with a hand grenade, sautee first. Little oil, little black pepper and you’re beautiful. Medium to low heat.
We have a grill, so that was the next step for the chorizo, but I’d imagine a quick slicing into discs and joining the onions and peppers would work just fine.
Grate the cheese, beat the egg whites and milk together and then mix everything all together and find a cake pan or pie plate to cook it in. I’m more a fan of the pan, dull or glass just seem to work better for me as I think shiny tends to reflect heat leading to a higher moisture content than I’d like.
Bake for about 30 minutes.
I skipped a few steps in this and went a little overboard with the ingredients first time around, double what I’ve listed here cuz that’s how I roll. It was awesome, but failed as a quiche. I don’t want that to happen to you.
We can work together to make it a brighter day and bring a little unity to your quiche! There were a few episodes of The Wire that desperately needed watching and I couldn’t find the cookbook… even if you get this recipe wrong it’s still win.
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