The Great Canadian Quiche
Ingredients:
10 strips of lean maple bacon, fried
1 C. Cheddar cheese, grated
1 C. Pineapple, diced
1 Onion, chopped
1 C. Milk
1 C. All purpose flour
1 tsp. Baking powder
4 Eggs
Pie crust:
1 C. All purpose flour
1/2. Whole wheat pastry flour
1/2. tsp. Salt
1/2. C. Lard, chilled
Ice water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Fry bacon in saute pan until nice and crispy.
3. Remove bacon from frying pan and drain fat from bacon on a paper towel.
4. Chop onion finely and saute in bacon fat until light and translucent.
5. Grate cheddar cheese on a plate and set aside.
6. Chop pineapple into nice small pieces and set aside
7. To prepare crust blend flours and salt together.
8. Cut lard in with a pastry cutter until the size of a small pea.
9. Stir dough with a fork and add ice water slowly to the dough until it forms a smooth ball.
10. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to fit a 9" pie plate. Trim around the edges.
11. Fit dough into pie plate and assemble sauteed onions over the bottom surface of crust.
12. Sprinkle grated cheese over the top of onions and cover completely.
13. Spread pineapple over the cheese and sprinkle bacon pieces on the surface to cover everything
14. In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, milk, flour, b. powder and whisk together until no lumps remain in the batter.
15. Pour batter over mixture in pie plate making sure that the batter covers the inside of the pie plate.
16. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes until crust is lightly browned on the edges and quiches tests done in the middle.
17. Slice into wedges when cooled
Servings: 8 wedges
