SWEET POTATO & CRANBERRY QUICHE

Sweet potatoes, carrots and cranberries in cream cheese quiche

This recipe has become a real holiday favorite in our family. It is originally from The Vegetarian Epicure Book Two by Anna Thomas. It is sweeter than most quiches, but not as sweet as most pies, and can be eaten either as a side dish, or as dessert. We usually eat it with the turkey because no one wants to wait until dessert time!

Ingredients

(Serves 8)

250 g sweet potatoes
250 g carrots
250 g cranberries
120 g sugar
120 ml milk
4 eggs
250 g cream cheese
dash nutmeg
dash salt
1 pre-baked quiche shell (25 cm)

Procedure

Start some salted water boiling. Preheat oven to 190C
Peel and grate the sweet potatoes. Grate carrots. Put these vegetables into an empty saucepan.
Pour the boiling water over the saucepan full of vegetables and bring to a boil. Cook five minutes; drain.
Wash cranberries and pick out the ones that are soft or blemished. Put the cranberries in an enameled pot with the sugar and cook them, covered, over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the lid and cook for five minutes more, stirring almost constantly.
Add cooked drained potato/carrot mixture to cranberries and cook for 3 to 4 minutes more, stirring constantly.
Beat together the milk, eggs, cream cheese, a little nutmeg, and a dash of salt. Stir in the cooked vegetable mixture and pour this filling carefully into the prepared shell.
Bake at 190C for 40 minutes or until the top is golden and firm. Serve.

Rating

Difficulty: easy.
Time: 25 minutes preparation, 40 minutes baking.
Precision: measure the ingredients.

Contributor

 
Moira Mallison 
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon, USA 
tektronix!moiram

Recipe last modified: 22 Nov 86

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