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quiche lorraine is for Breakfast.

quiche lorraine takes 15 minutes to prepare.

quiche lorraine takes 50 minutes to cook.

quiche lorraine makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for quiche lorraine are:

for pie crust:
1-1/4 C flour
2 tsp salt
1 stick cold unsalted butter
1 Tbsp butter
3-4 Tbsp ice water
1 egg white

Filling
6 oz ham
2 lg. onions, thinly sliced
1/2 C grated cheddar cheese
3 eggs
1-1/4 cup half and half
1/4 tsp of ground pepper

Here is how you make quiche lorraine:

pie crust:combine flour, 1 tsp salt, and 1 stick of butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs add water in T increments until dough comes togethertransfer to a lightly floured surface and shape into a flat disk, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or for one hourremove pie crust, preheat oven to 400 degreesroll out the pie crust on a lightly floured surface to fit a deep 9 or 10" pie pan. place the dough in the pie pan and crimp edges decoratively. refridgerate at least 30 minutes then line with foil, fill with pie weights and "blind bake" for 12-15 minutes or until golden around the edgesremove foil and weights -- brush pie crust with egg whites and allow to coolfiling" in a saute pan melt the T of butter over medium-high heatadd ham and cook until browned using a slotted spoon remove the meat from pan and drain briefly on paper towelsscatter over bottom of pie crustadd the onions and butter until onions are carmelized (approx. 6 miutes)scatter onions over the meat and top with cheesein a large bowl, whisk the eggs, heavy ream and 1 tsp of salt, and the pepper. pour egg mixture over the ham and let the egg mixture come within 1/4" of top of the shell/bake on bottom rack for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown on top/cool before serving.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KLOVEROCK.

The nutritional information for quiche lorraine is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 499.7

• Total Fat: 39.3 g
• Cholesterol: 599.4 mg
• Sodium: 1,249.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 12.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
• Protein: 24.0 g