Zucchini Quiche
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Recipe type: Baked goods
Cuisine: Californian
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Serves:: serves 8
 
Super easy and really tasty!
Ingredients:
  • 2 T Unsalted butter
  • 3 Cloves Garlic, finely minced
  • 1 ½ C Chopped Zucchini (About 1 or 2)
  • ¼ t Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
  • ¼ t Thyme, dried
  • ½ C Monterey Jack Cheese, grated
  • Salt & pepper, to taste
  • ½ C 2% Skim Milk
  • ½ C Whipping or Heavy Cream
  • 3 Eggs, large
  • 1 Frozen pie crust for 9” pie
Directions:
  1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Melt butter in a medium skillet, saute garlic for 1 minute, then, sauté zucchini, add seasoning and
  3. spices, cooking until somewhat soft, about 3-5 minutes.
  4. Set aside zucchini mixture.
  5. Combine eggs, milk and cream, season to taste and mix together well.
  6. Remove pastry crust from freezer.
  7. In bottom of tart, add half of zucchini mixture, add half of cheese mixture, and repeat while
  8. spreading evenly in bottom of tart.
  9. Pour over egg mixture until about ⅓” from top of tart pan edge.
  10. Cook in oven for 40-45 minutes on bottom rack of oven.
  11. When crust is browned and mixture only slightly shakes in middle 2” of tart,
  12. when rack is shaken gently, it is time to remove from oven.
  13. Tart will continue to cook a little out of the oven.
  14. Remove from oven. If further browning is desired; set oven to broil, when heated, place tart under broiler for a few seconds to brown nicely.
  15. Remove from oven, let tart cool to firm.
  16. Serve while slightly warm, or refrigerate. Good overnight for serving cold the next day.
  17. Makes 1 quiche.
Recipe by My Sweet California Life at /easy-zucchini-quiche/