Quiche Pandora
published by mo hoyal on Nov 23, 2009
An easy and delicious variation to the ever popular quiche. Good to eat for any meal!
Quiche with pie crust
No matter what time of year or the occasion, quiche remains a very popular and delicious meal-in-one. Anything can be put it them-food that is-and the sky is the limit to ingredients. The statement, “Real men don’t eat quiche” is totally erroneous at our house!
You can make this with 2 Pillsbury roll out pie crusts or you can just put it in a buttered 9 x 11 glass dish, stoneware. I don’t put quiche in metal pans unless they are cast iron. This recipe will make 2 roll out pies, or one large glass baking dish. For a smaller amount-one pie-half the recipe.
1 dozen medium eggs
1 carton cottage or Riccota cheese-8 oz.
1 brick cheddar cheese, grated
1 brick Monterey or Monterey Jack cheese, grated
Chopped:
1 medium onion
1 bell pepper-green
2 cloves of garlic
1 small yellow squash cut in rounds
1/2 tub mushrooms, sliced
2-3 ribs celery, sliced
1 small can Rotel tomatoes if you want more heat-8 oz
OR 1 small can diced tomatoes-8 oz.
1 small can green chilis, diced
dash salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder
1 block real butter, melted in large pan if preparing one large quiche.
3 heaping tablespoons flour to bind.
If you are going to make 2 pie size, melt butter in a separate fry pan.
In a food processor, grate 2 bricks of cheese. Add to cottage or Ricotta cheese and eggs. *You can take the onion, garlic, pepper and also chop in processor… but do the squash by hand, celery too. Add all ingredients, melted butter also, but leave some back in the glass dish when making the large crustless one. Stir well until eggs are thoroughly mixed in and all cheeses evely mixed in as well.
Put in 2 pie pans or 1 large dish. Top with tomato slices left thick. Sprinkle liberally with Parmesean cheese. For Christmas or New Year holidays, put the Parmesean cheese on first, then add tomato slices and crush about 12 green pimento olives in your hand and sprinkle all over the top of quiche to add a red and green effect.
Bake at 350 for about an hour or until top is firm to the touch and golden brown. 1 pie gives 8 slices each, large dish considerably more. Delicious served with fruit, especially grapes and a homemade fruit bread.
A crustless quiche
images by bing.com
# 1 by Guy Hogan
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm #
I could really use some quiche right now on this dreary November day in Pittsburgh. This sounds delicious. But I have a full day of blogging ahead of me. Maybe this weekend.
# 2 by Christine Ramsay
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 pm #
I love quiche.This sounds delicious.
Christine
# 3 by diamondpoet
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm #
Okay this is something I can wrap my mouth around.
# 4 by Frances Lawrence
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:45 pm #
I love quiche, it is always nice to know of different variations.
# 5 by MO HOYAL
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm #
THANKS FOR COMING BY GUY- QUICHE IS SO EASY AND PREP TIME IS NOT BAD EITHER, NEXT COLD DAY, FIX SOME WITH A LOT OF HOT COCOA, AND SWEET GRAPES SO GOOD WITH THIS. IT’S A GOOD COMFORT FOOD
# 6 by Citra Florenca
November 24th, 2009 at 6:32 am #
Great recipe, worth trying!
# 7 by Hansika
November 24th, 2009 at 7:26 am #
nice recipe…thanks for the share
# 8 by mo hoyal
November 24th, 2009 at 11:54 am #
shanthu,
Thanks so much for coming by to read, I truly appreciate it!
# 9 by mo hoyal
November 24th, 2009 at 11:55 am #
Dear Citra,
Thank you so much for ocming by, yes, this is so good and so easy to fix! I hope you will enjoy it when you make it and you can put anything in it!
# 10 by mo hoyal
November 24th, 2009 at 11:56 am #
Dear Frances,
Thank you so much for coming by to read. There are so many variations of quiche one could probably never try them all.
Best regards from me!
# 11 by mo hoyal
November 24th, 2009 at 11:58 am #
Hi Dear Christine,
If I were your neighbor, I would ring at your doorstep and bring one to you! Thank you so much for coming to read.
# 12 by mo hoyal
November 24th, 2009 at 11:59 am #
Hi diamondpoet,
Thank you so much for coming by to share this recipe with me. The biggest of fellows in my family devour this right up and would laugh at the saying, “real men don’t eat quiche”!
# 13 by Rinkal Desai
November 25th, 2009 at 2:03 am #
nice one
# 14 by mo hoyal
November 25th, 2009 at 8:35 pm #
Hi Mihir!
Thank you so much for coming to check out this recipe. I would love to try the food from your country, yum! Best regards from me.
# 15 by athena goodlight
November 27th, 2009 at 11:26 am #
Looks really good.
# 16 by ken bultman
November 27th, 2009 at 12:49 pm #
Worth a try. Adding Pandora to the name piques my interest.
# 17 by Rookie Expert
November 28th, 2009 at 2:53 am #
Quiche is an all time favourite. And this one has my mouth watering by the sound of it.
# 18 by Themax
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm #
That’s very delicious recipe,sounds really yummy,Thank you
# 19 by mo hoyal
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:07 pm #
Thanks for coming by Athena, I truly appreciate it!
# 20 by mo hoyal
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 pm #
Ken, the dear one!
You are so cool, so funny, so sweet, so nice. Prior to settling down on Pandora Drive!!!!!, my life was like living in its box! So, ending up in Pandora Drive and my acre and a half, lol, makes me the rightful queen of Pandora, so it’s Pandora everything! LOL. Oh ya, and a skunk just let itself loose on the cats in the back yard tonight-it never ends!
Best regards from me!
# 21 by mo hoyal
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 pm #
Rookie Expert,
Thank you for coming by to read and comment, I will surely find you and very soon start reading from what you’ve entered!
Best.
# 22 by mo hoyal
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:13 pm #
The Max!
You are so sweet and so cute that if I were a young bird again, I’d go looking for you! Thanks so much for coming by, I appreciate it.
# 23 by tonywriter
December 29th, 2009 at 6:32 am #
very good recipe!
# 24 by JLJohnson
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:44 pm #
Anyone who reads this…my mother (Mo) is the master quiche maker, she has it perfected to an art! Oh and by the way mother, did you know that “Pandora” is the name of the Avatar world in the movie Avatar? Coolness…