While traveling in Florida recently, Greg and I discovered the lovely little town of Venice. We enjoyed great restaurants and friendly people. One little French cafe in the downtown area was so charming that I would make the drive again just to go there.
The pastries were divine, and we ended up splitting a few things so that we could try more. While there we had a delicious puff pastry quiche that I had to recreate when we returned home. It is a simple quiche made with prosciutto and Swiss cheese, and the crust was a delicious, flaky puff pastry.
When we returned home, I had to try to recreate the amazing quiche. I would prefer homemade puff pastry crust, but the purchased frozen puff pastry that I used was a good substitute. Feel free to substitute a regular pie crust.
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 oz. to 4 oz. prosciutto, cut into strips
- ¼ c. finely diced onion
- 6 lg. eggs
- 1½ c. whole milk or half and half
- 2 c. grated Swiss cheese
- pinch cayenne pepper
- salt and pepper, to taste
- Thaw puff pastry in refrigerator overnight.
- Preheat oven to 425℉.
- Sprinkle a board with flour and roll out puff pastry to fit into a 9-inch pie plate. Fit pastry in pie plate and refrigerate until ready to fill.
- Melt butter in a skillet. Cook prosciutto quickly, in batches, in butter, until crisp. Remove to a paper towel lined plate.
- Saute onion in skillet, until tender, adding more butter if needed.
- In a large bowl whisk eggs and milk until well blended. Add prosciutto, onion, cayenne, salt, and pepper and stir to blend.
- Remove pastry from refrigerator and put egg mixture into crust.
- Bake at 425℉ oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325℉ and continue cooking for 30 to 40 minutes or until set and lightly browned. Cool 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
