Sunday, March 8, 2009

Impossible Quiche

This is what I called a lazy quiche, it's so simple, so easy, and basically, you can replace the recipe with any left over in the fridge, such as ham, peas, pumpkin....
The original recipe called for chorizo, a kind of Spanish sausage, since I don't have any on hand, and I do have a lot of canned tuna sitting in the pantry, i decided to make a tuna quiche instead.
It's not a traditional quiche, which is packed with creams, butter, and pastry, this is a rather light, more like a fritatta. I also use wholemeal flour to make it even more nutritious!!




Ingrediants:
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 small can Mexican flavoured tuna ( or 1 big can tuna chunk in brine )
  • 1 small green capsicum, finely diced
  • 1 small ( 300g) sweet potato, finely sliced
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup wholemeal SR flour
  • 1 cup grated cheddar



Method:
  1. Preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius. Grease a 5 cups ceramic pie dish with olive oil/butter.
  2. In a large bowl, combine onion, tuna and capsicum together.
  3. Microwave the sweet potato on high for about 2 mins. They should be just cooked.
    Lay the sweet potato slices on the base of the ceramic pie dish.
  4. In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, and SR flour until combine. Stir in the vegetables, tuna and cheese.
  5. Pour the mixture into the ceramic dish, lightly season with salt and pepper.
    You can sprinkle more cheese on top if you prefer.
  6. Bake for about 50-55 mins, or until set in the centre. Allow to cool for at least 15 mins before serving.


I find that by using the flavoured canned tuna ( such as the Mexican ), gives this pie extra flavour. We especially like the Mexican tuna as it contain red kidney beans!!


Left overs ( if there are any ) can also be store in the fridge, and reheated the next day in the microwave.

2 comments:

Atlantisian said...

sweet potatoes as the base? i always thought quiche was made of some kind of flour made pastry, i've tried those with bacon before, tuna... interesting. My hand is itch to try but no oven here. bleh...

Your Sweetest Escape said...

haha, with bacan and cream is Quiche Lorraine, i'm yet to make that one, but it's quite high in KJ woh!! I like to make lighter stuff!! This is healty, pastry is yummy, but sinful sinful!!!