Prosciutto & Gruyere Quiche with Hash Brown Crust

Golden and crispy hash brown crust filled with luscious eggs, cream, Gruyère cheese, caramelized leeks, peppers, artichoke hearts, mushrooms and prosciutto. A real crowd pleaser and gluten free to boot. Perfect for Sunday Brunch, Mother’s Day, a Ladies Luncheon or whenever you feel like it.

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Looking for a tasty, go to Quiche that both women and MEN will love!? Why is it that they say “real men don’t eat Quiche” anyway? I’m married to a real man, a “guys, guy” a manly man and he likes Quiche! I’m thinking if you load it with good stuff and bake it in a hash brown crust you might just have some manly converts. This is a mash-up of my favorite Quiche by the Pioneer Woman and an old recipe I’ve had for years with a hash brown crust.

Start by making your crust, prep a 9" spring form pan. Cut out a parchment circle for the bottom and spray with non-stick oil, then cut out a couple of strips and line the edges of the pan with parchment as well. If you spray the pan before hand it will help them stick.

TIP | You can make this in a deep dish pie pan, you might need to reduce some of your ingredients depending on the size of the pan.

NOTE | You want to make sure your springform pan is put together tightly and correctly. Test it before putting anything in the pan by adding a cup of water to the pan. If it leaks, reposition the bottom and the sides and try again, if it still leaks, you might try lining the pan as a whole with parchment paper, it won’t be as pretty, but at least it won’t leak eggs all over your oven, stove and floor…like mine did one time!

After squeezing the water out of the thawed hash browns, in a medium bowl, mix in the egg, melted butter, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Press into spring form pan until it comes evenly up the sides.

Bake in preheated 400° oven for 25-35 minutes until golden brown and crispy.

While the crust is baking, prep your filling ingredients.

In a large fry pan (I love Lodge Cast Iron pans!), over medium heat, sauté your leeks, mushrooms, and peppers in butter until golden and caramelized, about 10 minutes.

Once caramelized, scoot to one side and toss in your diced prosciutto ham and crisp fry it quickly, tossing it to crisp all sides.

In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, cream, salt and pepper and whisk or blend until smooth and combined.

Next stir in your leeks, mushroom, pepper mixture into the egg mixture. Add your chopped artichoke hearts (marinated or brined, either is fine, just drain first) and last your cheese, the mixture will be very thick.

Just to be on the safe side, place your springform pan crust onto a parchment lined cookie sheet, then pour your mixture into the center of the cooked crust.

Immediately place into 400º oven and cook for 45-65 minutes until set in the center and golden on top. If it starts getting too brown, cover the top loosely with foil. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before serving. Slice and serve warm.

TIP | Making ahead of time? You can make this the day before, keep in pan and refrigerate. Cover loosely with foil and heat until warm in 325° oven, about 30 minutes.

A couple of options to change up the quiche:

• Add fresh chopped spinach
• Stir 2 tablespoons pesto into mixture before baking
• Use crisp bacon or cubed ham instead of prosciutto
• Replace Gruyère with Swiss, Sharp Cheddar, Smoked or regular Gouda cheeses (or a mixture)
• Half & half in place of cream

Try these other brunch recipes:

Blueberry Crumble Cake
Mock Eggs Benedict
Gluten-Free Coffee Cake

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Prosciutto & Gruyere Quiche with Hash Brown Crust

Golden and crispy hash brown crust filled with a baked mixture of luscious eggs, cream, gruyere cheese, caramelized leeks, peppers, artichoke hearts, mushrooms and prosciutto.

• Author: Kathleen | The Fresh Cooky
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 90 mins
• Total Time: 1 hour 50 mins
• Yield: 8-10 servings
• Category: Quiche
• Method: Stovetop & Oven
• Cuisine: French-American Breakfast

Ingredients

HASH BROWN CRUST

• 1 package organic frozen hash browns, thawed and squeezed dry
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Pepper, to taste

QUICHE

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2-1 cup white or baby Portabella mushrooms, washed and sliced
• 2 small leeks (1 large), rinsed and sliced thinly
• 1/2 small red pepper, washed and diced
• 6 oz jar marinated (or brined) artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
• 8 thin slices prosciutto ham (or bacon, or other ham), diced small
• 8 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• Pepper to taste
• 2 cups grated Gruyere cheese (or substitute Gouda, Swiss, Cheddar)
• 1 baked hash brown crust

Instructions

For the Crust

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Prepare your springform pan by spraying well with spray oil, then lining with parchment paper (cut out a circle for bottom and strips for sides. Spray again.
3. Thaw and squeeze out water from hash browns using paper towels.
4. In a large bowl, mix hash browns, beaten egg, melted (cooled) butter, onion & garlic powder, salt and pepper.
5. Mix well and press into springform pan, on the bottom and up the sides
6. Bake for 25-35 minutes until golden and crispy, remove from oven until quiche prep is done.

For the Quiche

1. In a large fry pan, saute the leeks and red peppers in the butter for 10 minutes or so, add the mushrooms and saute for another couple minutes.
2. Push veggies to one side of pan and add chopped prosciutto and crisp cook quickly. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
3. In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, cream, salt and pepper, mix well until creamy.
4. Stir sauteed veggies, artichoke hearts, cheese and prosciutto into the egg mixture, it will be very thick.
5. Place your crust on a parchment cookie sheet (just in case it leaks) and pour egg mixture into crust.
6. Immediately place into preheated 400 degree oven and bake uncovered 45 minutes.
7. Cover loosely with foil and continue to bake another 10-20 minutes until golden brown and firm in center.
8. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
9. May be made ahead of time, cooled completely, covered and refrigerated. When ready to reheat, cover with foil and place in 325 degree oven for about 30 minutes, until heated through.

Notes

Optional Add-Ins | Fresh chopped spinach * Stir in 2 tablespoons pesto into egg mixture * Use crisp bacon or cubed ham instead of prosciutto * Replace Gruyere with Swiss, Sharp Cheddar, Smoked or regular Gouda cheeses (or a mixture) * Half & half in place of cream.

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Keywords: Prosciutto Gruyere Quiche, Easy Quiche, hashbrown crust, gluten free,

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