Waiter there's something in my..... topless tart (november 07)

I decided to try my hand at Waiter, There's Something in My... event this month. I though how perfect for me to start on the month that is topless tart month. Over the past few months I have fallen in love with gruyere cheese. The taste is perfect to me and fits great in a nice little quiche, which qualifies as a savory tart. Not being great on creating my own recipes I decided to try this out and do something I am not great at. Its the only way to learn right? Following several other themes this month I decided I wanted to add some cranberries to this dish. What else goes great with cranberries, oranges of course, so i had to add a little zest too. All in all the dish turned out pretty good and I already have ideas to add to it.

Twist of Orange, Gruyere Quiche with Chicken & Cranberries
One Pie crust, recipe of your choice. I love Martha's (seem like we are best buds, huh, i wish!)
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk
1 cup shredded chicken
1 cup dried cranberries
2 tsp zest of an orange
1 1/2 cups shredded gruyere cheese
salt and pepper to taste


Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a pie pan, place your pie crust with crust overlay the edge
Add chicken, grueyere, and cranberries inside crust
Mix egg and milk together, add salt and pepper and orange zest, beat
Pour egg mixture over pie

Fold edges down, place in oven and cook for 30-40 minutes

Comments

[glamah16]

That combo sounds delish. I can imagine the mix of gruyere and cranberries. Heavenly.

[Jeanne]

Wow - what an unusual combination! I love the idea of the Gruyere and cranberries together and the addition of chicken makes it a meal. This would be a great way to use up festive leftovers... Thanks for daring to go topless for this month's WTSIM :)

[Cakelaw]

Yum - I have bookmarked this to try - what a great flavour combination.