quiche lorraine
So, I’m cheating. I really wasn’t planning on cooking just yet. You see, I spent a whole lot of the last few weeks of pregnancy honing in on cookbooks that focus on simpler, but uncompromised cooking (and I will absolutely do a post on these, soon), bookmarking the kind of recipes I could imagine assembling with one hand tied behind my back (or you know, holding a squawking newborn) and even banking a decent amount of recipes, such as that and the , and a few other things I have even told you about yet. And I don’t to cook either: Our fridge is filled with homemade matzo ball soup, spaghetti and meatballs, endless bagel fixings, pickles galore, fruit, sandwich bread, lunch meats, milk for cereal and you name it (did I tell you our families were awesome or what?). Do you hear me? There is . And yet I did. Because there was something — one tiny thing, perhaps — that I had not anticipated when I mapped these early weeks out in my head.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Ham | 100g cooked | 145 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Swiss Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 108 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups diced leeks, white and light green only (from about 2 large leeks, although I think you can get away with one super-big leek)
- 3/4 cup diced onion
- 2 1/2 teaspoons olive oil (I needed a tad more)
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- Salt
- 6 tablespoons butter, diced
- 4 eggs, divided
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sour cream
- Pinch nutmeg
- Pinch pepper
- 1 1/2 cups diced ham (1/4 -inch dice; I used about 1/2 pound)
- 3/4 cup grated Swiss cheese