7 Kids, 2 grandkids, 1 on-the-way, 2 cats, Mom, and Dad

Not something you see every day or At least he didn't use ketchup.

So last night I made Quiche Lorraine using the recipe in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". The in-laws were over for dinner because we were celebrating my mother-in-law's birthday. I made two but cheated in that I bought pre-made, frozen crusts rather than making them from scratch.

Anyway, I think they came out beautifully though it took a little longer than the 25-30 minutes Julia had in the recipe. I dunno if it was because I did two at a time or what. Also, I would not only brown the bacon but next time I'll make the pieces much smaller.

I served up the dinner to everyone and then father-in-law asked for two slices of bread. Turns out that anytime he has eggs, or something made of eggs, it goes onto bread and he makes a sandwich out of it.

A sandwich...out of quiche lorraine...

Anyway, it was really good and because they rose a little bit over the edges of the crust we didn't have to ingest all of the butter that was put on the top of each one before cooking. The extra butter ended up pooling on the cookie sheet that I had the foresight of putting under the pie pans.

Oh, that solves the time mystery, doesn't it? You're supposed to put the pie tins directly on the rack and I had them on a cookie sheet. But, if I had put them on the rack we would have enjoyed a very smokey kitchen as the butter overflowed and landed on the electric element!

Posted by bbarton at August 26, 2009 01:06 PM