SMOKED GOUDA AND HAM QUICHE

What is on our brunch menu today? We are enjoying a Smoked Gouda and Ham Quiche which was a great use of our leftover holiday ham. Brunch is my favorite meal of the day, and this quiche is SO EASY!

I wish you could smell how DIVINE  our whole home smelled this morning as this little beauty was baking. Our Smoked Gouda and Ham Quiche would be perfect for a morning Bible study group, office potluck, brunch for neighbors OR for a home tailgating day! We had lots of ham leftover from Christmas and preparing it in a New Year’s Weekend quiche was a natural fit. And a delicious one at that!

Psst: If you have a lot of fans coming over & need to feed 8-10, I highly recommend this Sausage Biscuits and Gravy Casserole! It is SO good & can be whipped up in minutes and is very hearty!

It is said that Gouda is one of the oldest cheeses in recorded history. We paired Gouda slices with freshly baked baguettes while in Paris when our daughter was young. Family travel abroad is so rewarding, but French cuisine does not always appeal to four year old children! In many a restaurant we would order simple baguette slices and Gouda for her. Gouda cheese is well loved in our family to say the least! Many wonderful memories.  

But I digress…..AND I can talk about Paris all day long……so let’s return to the quiche!

In our Smoked Gouda and Ham Quiche, the creamy, slightly smokey flavor melds gently with the ham and eggs. Your house will smell SO GOOD while it bakes. Our quiche is a lighter version of traditional quiche recipes. Plain Chicken features a yummy Ham & Gruyere quiche recipe that trades the traditional half and half for sour cream. I needed to shave off a little more fat grams and substitute 1% milk for skim milk. The result? AMAZING. No one missed the extra calories or fat grams…..the taste and texture is just perfect. And, not having Gruyere on hand I naturally went to our family’s preference – Gouda!

Enjoy and Happy 2016!

SMOKED GOUDA AND HAM QUICHE

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Course Breakfast

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

• 1 9 inch frozen deep dish pie crust
• 1 cup chopped ham
• 1 cup shredded smoked gouda cheese
• 1/2 cup milk (I used skim milk)
• 1/2 cup sour cream (I used light sour cream)
• 3 eggs

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Bake the pie crust in heated oven for 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Shred Gouda cheese while crust is heating.
• Toss shredded smoked Gouda with ham and spread mixture in the bottom of heated pie crust.
• In a bowl, whisk eggs. Stir in sour cream and milk. Blend ingredients together.
• Pour egg mixture over ham and cheese. Bake in over 40 – 50 minutes or until the center is set.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Plain Chicken.

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