Ingredients
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- 1 single pie crust – either homemade or store bought
- 1/2 pound bacon, chopped and cooked until crisp
- 1 cup shredded swiss cheese
- 1/3 cup sweet onion, finely chopped
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Pinch of black pepper
- Pinch of nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400*
- Line pie plate with pie crust. Crimp the edges.
- Line crust with a pieces of tin foil and add some dried beans or pie weights and place on a cookie sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and remove the beans/pie weight along with the tin foil.
- Place crust back into oven for an additional 2-3 minutes.
- While blind baking the crust, prepare the filling.
- Beat cream, eggs, salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and nutmeg.
- Once the crust is out of the oven, sprinkle cooked bacon, onion and cheese over the bottom.
- Pour cream mixture over bacon mixture in crust.
- Reduce oven to 375* and bake quiche for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
- Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
- Cut into wedges and serve.