quiche with bacon and ricotta cheese

Happy Easter! We made a simple menu` with this quiche, dinner rolls, ham, grated potatoes, bacon with pecans, and a giant cheesecake.

The cheesecake and this quiche can be made the day before.

Quiche: one pastry puff layer found in the frozen section of your supermarket; one cup of ricotta (fresh if possible); one cup to 2 cups of swiss cheese grated or any strong flavored cheese; one cup and half of heavy cream; 6 eggs well beaten; 3 strips of bacon, salt and pepper; a glass pyrex.

How to make it:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Combine the eggs beaten, heavy cream, cheese grated, ricotta, and pieces of bacon pre-cooked in the oven (crunchy), salt, and pepper in a bowl. Whisk very well until all ingredients are mixed and smooth. Pour the mixture in the bottom of the pastry puff of the pyrex. You need to mold the pastry so it fits on the bottom of the pyrex. Leave some on the edge to flip on top once you pour the mixture in.

Pour the egg mixture on top. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes until the egg mixture is set. Serve hot or cold.

 

 

Valdostana

Breakfast: depending where you are in Italy you have different foods to start your day. On the contrary of what people might think Italians do not eat only croissants and drink cappuccinos. In Lucca and generally Tuscany it is popular to have savory, salty stuff for breakfast. My favorite pasticceria has focaccia with omelette, focaccia with tuna salad, sweet bread with prosciutto and the famous valdostana. Valdostana is pretty much a flipped pizza, or a pizza with pastry dough.

Valdostana
Buy one package of pastry dough or make it fresh-You will use only one sheet
One can of tomato sauce (you will use only 2 spoons)
Ham
One mozzarella sliced
Half anchovies (optional)
Oregano
Pepper

Work the dough and make sure the first layer is very thin like making a pizza. Pinch it with a fork to make the dough breath- place the oval dough on a tray sprinkle with flour or use parchment paper- prepare another layer and set aside. Pour two spoons of tomato sauce on the first layer on the tray or just enough to cover the entire dough. Don’t add too much it will sag.
Add one slice of ham or enough to cover the dough, add the mozzarella and the anchovy minced and sprinkle all over. sprinkle with oregano
Cover everything with the second layer of dough and pinch with the fork- brush with egg yolk-
Put in the over at 350 for at least 15 minutes or until gold outside-