Know It All Quiche

Regular blog followers would have certainly came across Replacement Chef.

Replacement Chef comes to the rescue cooking and/or providing kitchen tips. 

And no, it is not cats. But since my blog contract does not allow showing human faces (body parts are allowed), cats was stuck as the face.

Replacement Chef's key starting question always is: What do you have in the fridge?

somerville kitchen best wood supplier ever recently surprised the kitchen with a flat of fresh, large, delicious eggs.

This triggered a revelation that Replacement Chef makes excellent quiche, what was self-described as Know it All Quiche.

A full survey followed as to what other ingredients I have in the fridge.

Four left-over bacon pieces came in handy.

Onions next - "you can never have too many onions, they always disappear. Cook them good, you'd never know they are there but they give great taste".

Since when do people put garlic in a quiche?

"Yes, you put garlic in quiche, lots of it. Don't be afraid of garlic, the strong taste will cook away."

But 5 cloves??

Vegetables were added to the mix, but two things stopped Replacement Chef in thought.

First, it was not colourful; "tomato is a waste to throw in since it will disappear, but we need the colour".

And the pan too small; "you can't be afraid to interact with the food; you need a big pot or you are asking for trouble. This way you can spread it all out, it will cook faster and you can keep the bottom of the pan free."

Keeping the bottom of the pan free, according to Replacement Chef, also allows you to keep mixing back in what is stuck to the bottom since that is where all the flavour is.

Beautiful and flavourful it sure was.

But wait, can't eat yet (Oh no, I am starving).

Sour cream and fresh jardin dill were whipped together, and sprinkled with lemon rinds.

Freshly grated parmesan cheese was sprinkled with fresh jardin thyme.

And voila, this is what showed up for dinner - a fully decorated, extremely tasty quiche that no restaurant in Paris can come close to.

Thank you Replacement Chef!

   

But wait, dinner is not over yet. 

The beautiful dinner was wrapped up with a jardin-inspired dessert.

Picked off the tree 2 minutes earlier, jardin raspberries nestled over a base of yogurt and whipped cream and sprinkled with lemon rinds and fresh jardin mint.

Guess this deserves a second Thank you Replacement Chef.

(and cats and jardin)