Tomato Cheese Pie
"This is a good, basic quiche from my BF. This has been our holiday brunch entree for a couple of decades. We vary it by using different cheeses and filling stuff (chopped Ortega chilies, shrimp, spinach, crisp bacon, chopped corned beef, olives, mushrooms...) The crust stays crisp with a good chew. Suitable for a lacto-ovo vegitarian if made with rennet-less cheese. Serve small squares as an appetizer warm, or at room temperature. It makes a good finger food for young children. Children and men who won't eat quiche will eat "cheese pie.""
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 pie or quiche
ingredients
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Crust
- 1⁄3 cup soft butter or 1/3 cup margarine
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 3⁄4 cup potato flakes
- 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup water
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Filling
- 1 teaspoon corn flake crumbs (optional)
- 1 1⁄2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1⁄4 cup potato flakes
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 5 eggs
- 1⁄4 cup sour cream
- 1 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chives
directions
- Crust: Cut in all ingredients but water till crumbly.
- Add water and mix just until the dough holds together.
- Press into an ungreased 9 to 10-inch pie tin.
- Prick well, and bake 10 minutes in pre-heated 350°F oven.
- Filling: Reserve 1/2 cup cheese.
- Sprinkle 1 cup cheese over crust.
- Sprinkle potato flakes over cheese.
- Spoon chopped tomatoes over potato flakes.
- Top with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
- Beat eggs, sour cream, chives and salt until well blended.
- Pour egg mixture over cheese.
- Sprinkle with corn flake crumbs (optional).
- Bake in preheated 350F oven for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned and knife inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
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Reviews
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Easy and tasty. Needs black pepper!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Countrywife
Sacramento, Ca
I've been cooking for over 45 years now. First I made Jello pudding. Next I learned how to make cream sauce. I still like creamed tuna over toast, rice or mashed potatoes.
Many years ago I found a greeting card that said "When I retire I'm going to move to a big house in the country and live with a lot of cats...I've already got a start on the cats." I bought the store's entire stock and sent them to EVERYBODY! Well, now I'm retired, I live in a regular sized house in the country (on about 80 acres), I have a bunch of cats and feed a lot of other critters. There's a mini pig (she's still pretty big),a lop-eared rabbit, a vole who moved in under the stove, a huge flock of chickens, loads of songbirds, an opossum behind the barn(who sneaks in to eat), herons in the spring, pacific tree frogs, and the occasional coyote. We're even in the territory of a couple of golden eagles who stop by a couple of times a year.
That's a chicken on my shoulder. JC (Junior Chicken). How he ended up as an indoor chicken is a long, complicated story. JC never learned to crow right. Maybe it was being deprived of role models in his formative months.
