Bacon and Swiss Chard Quiche with Buttery Crust

This recipe is going to become one of your family favorite staples! It is full of absolute pure goodness. The Swiss chard, the creamy Tillamook Kosher medium cheddar cheese (I like sharp, but this worked well), the uncured bacon, the onion... I could go on, but each ingredient added its own depth of flavor that brought this quiche together beautifully!

When I was younger, I didn't like quiche... AT ALL! In fact, that's how I felt about a lot of foods. The peas went in the grape juice and the American cheese went in the trash can underneath the dirty paper towels (still will continue to do this 'til this day if I get served this kind of cheese- no processed stuff over here). I would assume I didn't like a food and be pretty convinced based off its appearance and/or smell.

I decided it was time to try the "quiche" again after my mom gave me a suggestion on what to do with the other half of the pie crust I had left over from the Good Ol' Pumpkin Pie . Let's just say, I'm so glad I did! Because I'm not the biggest egg fan, especially since it's so concentrated in a dish like quiche, next time I will make my quiche thinner where it doesn't fill the pie pan to the top, but to my perfect level.

Let's get into the recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

-Avocado oil (check out my post on My Top 2 Cooking Oils + Why)

-Red onion (I used enough, because onions add that perfect flavor to help bring out the other ingredients)

-Red peppers

-Swiss chard

-Bacon (preferably farm-fresh)

-Eggs (again, preferably farm-fresh)

-Raw milk

-Heavy cream

-Egg white + water mixture (I had some leftover from the pumpkin pie I made)

-Tillamook Kosher Medium Cheddar Cheese

-Garlic & Herb seasoning

-Italian seasoning

-Salt & Pepper

RECIPE:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Grease your pie pan with coconut oil.

Wash bacon and dry thoroughly. Cut bacon in small-medium pieces.

Preheat cast-iron pan on stovetop and once hot, turn heat to medium.

Add a little avocado oil to pan and add bacon pieces.

Stop and hear the sizzle.

Cook bacon until done, but not well done. Remember it has to cook in the oven, so we don't want super overcooked bacon, but just right. This counts for the veggies, as well.

Remove bacon from pan and place in bowl.

Then, add your onions. Let those cook until they are fragrant.

Next, add your red peppers until they are soft, then your Swiss chard until it is almost soft. Season with garlic and herb seasoning, Italian seasoning, and salt.

Turn off heat from stovetop and place contents of pan in bowl.

In a separate bowl (this would be your third bowl so far), add eggs. To your eggs, add raw milk + heavy cream, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. I didn't want a super heavy quiche, so I made sure my raw milk addition was more than the heavy cream. Beat until nicely incorporated.

Get your greased pie dish/pan and place dough in. Smash and press dough to fit pan.

Here's comes the fun part...

Add a layer of thinly, sliced Tillamook Kosher medium cheddar cheese. You could do thicker cuts if you'd like, but my whole goal of this recipe was not to overdo it with the seasonings and amount of each ingredient I used, so we could truly savor the simplicity of this dish. Then, add your veggies and on top of veggies, add bacon.

Pour your eggs into pan and top with another layer of thinly, sliced cheese. Dab the egg white and water mixture onto the edges of the crust.

Turn oven down to 350 degrees and place into oven.

When your quiche is halfway there, turn up oven to 375 degrees.

Use fork test to determine doneness.

The fork test involves you sticking a fork into the dish (for me, I usually stick it in the center) and if the fork comes out clean or clean enough, the dish is ready.

This was the end result!

Pair your quiche with sauerkraut and a fresh glass of orange juice.

I pray your family enjoys this meal.

God Bless

Hannah

P.S. You may see more quiche recipes from me, just sayin'! They are so versatile...

*I used Spend with Pennies' Easy Quiche Recipe as the base recipe. I did make a lot of changes to the recipe and used this as a guide since making quiche was new to me.

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