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Quiche Lorraine

French egg pie with bacon and cheese
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
cooling down10 minutes
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: French
Keyword: breakfast, casserole, cheese, egg
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1 single crust pie shell, cold
  • 6 slices cooked bacon or ham
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup Greyere Cheese
  • cup heavy cream or half and half
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste
  • pinch freshly ground pepper
  • pinch nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon butter, cut into small cubes

Instructions

  • Parent Duty: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Team Effort!: place pie crust in pie pan. Bake until slightly brown (about 4-7 minutes) Remove from oven and turn oven down to 375
  • Parent Duty: Cook the bacon in a sauté pan until crisp, or ham until slightly brown.
  • Kidtastic!: Remove and place on a plate lined with paper towels (to remove extra grease). Once cooled slightly, evenly scatter over the bottom of the partially-baked pastry shell.
  • Kidtastic: beat the cream (and/or half-and-half) with the eggs, salt, pepper, and nutmeg, until well blended. Pour over the bacon slices into the hot pastry shell, then sprinkle the butter dots on top.
  • Team Effort: Bake in the 375 degree oven for 30 minutes, until the quiche has puffed up and browned. Let cool slightly; serve warm or cold.