Description
The goodness of smoky green chiles and melty pepper jack and ham inside shatteringly flaky cream cheese pastry all in a handheld package that’s perfect for lunches, appetizers or snacks.
Ingredients
Scale
Filling
- 4 slices sliced ham, chopped, about 4 oz
- chopped roasted potatoes or other vegetables (optional), about 1/2 cup
- grated pepper jack cheese, about 4 ounces
- paprika for the top
Custard
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup half & half (118 mL)
- 1/4 cup sour cream (57 g)
- 2 Tablespoons flour (33 g)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 roasted green chiles
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C)
For the custard
- Whiz the green chiles with the eggs and garlic in a blender until the chiles are chopped finely.
- Add in the rest of the custard ingredients and whiz just until mixed, about 5 seconds.
For the quiches
- Roll out the dough into a sheet about 1/8″ thick. Cut out circles from the dough with a 3 1/2″ round or round scalloped cutter. Cut straight down through the dough, being sure not to twist the cutter since that will seal the edges and you won’t get a puff from the pastry.
- Press the dough circles into a muffin tin.
- Fill the dough with a small amount of ham, potatoes (if using), and cheese.
- Pour the custard over each almost up to the top of the dough.
- Sprinkle the top of each quiche with a little bit of paprika.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until the pastry is lightly brown and crisp and the filling is no longer wiggly.
Notes
A note on green chiles: when they’re available in early Fall, fresh roasted green chiles are the best. If you can’t get Hatch green chiles where you live, feel free to roast a poblano or Anaheim pepper on a gas stove or under a broiler. Frozen green chiles are also good. Avoid the canned green chiles as they contain added calcium chloride and citric acid that take away from the good taste of the chiles.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Pastry
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini quiche
- Calories: 162
- Sugar: 1
- Sodium: 202
- Fat: 12
- Saturated Fat: 7
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 9
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 57