suemunzlinger's Recipe

Western Ham and Cheese Quiche

Category: Main Dish

9-inch pie crust
6 large or jumbo eggs
1 3/4 cups shredded cheese
1 7-oz ham steak, diced
1 green pepper or (1/2 green and 1/2 red)
2 slices medium yellow onion (peeled)
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
1/4 cup chopped parsley
dash pepper
dash Mrs Dash

Remove pie crust from refrigerator, allow 45 minutes to warm up to room temperature.
Preheat over to 450°F.

Mince onion.

Core pepper, discard top and seeds, dice.

Saute pepper and onion in butter over medium heat for 10-15 minutes until onions are clear and peppers are soft. Set aside. Spread pie crust across pie pan, flattening the bottom and fluting the edges.

Add 3/4 of the cheese evenly across the bottom of the pan.

Add the diced ham in an even layer.

Mix 4 eggs, remaining cheese, and onion-pepper mix. Add seasoning to taste and stir well. Pour evenly over ham and cheese. Shake pie pan and poke here and there to spread evenly.

Mix 2 remaining eggs and parsley, stirring well until fully blended. Pour evenly on top of quiche.

Bake 45 minutes

remove to cooling rack.

Cool 10 minutes.