Tomato Quiche

Name: Tomato Quiche
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6-8 servings.
Ingredients: 1 cup chopped onion; 2 tablespoons butter; 4 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded, chopped and drained; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme; 2 cups (8 ounces) Monterey Jack cheese, divided; 1 unbaked pastry shell (10 inches); 4 eggs; 1-1/2 cups half-and-half cream

I first tried this recipe at a family gathering and loved it! It is a great meatless lunch or dinner for a warm day, served hot or cold. This is my most requested dish for parties and a fairly simple one to make. Enjoy! —Heidi Anne Quinn, West Kingston, Rhode Island

Ingredients

1 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons butter
4 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded, chopped and drained
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
2 cups (8 ounces) Monterey Jack cheese, divided
1 unbaked pastry shell (10 inches)
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups half-and-half cream

Directions

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper and thyme. Cook over medium-high heat until liquid is almost evaporated, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Sprinkle 1 cup cheese into bottom of pie shell. Cover with tomato mixture; sprinkle with remaining cheese.
In a small bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Beat in cream. Pour into pie shell.
Bake at 425° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 325°; bake 40 minutes longer or until top begins to brown and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 375 calories, 26g fat (14g saturated fat), 167mg cholesterol, 638mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 1g fiber), 14g protein.

Originally published as Tomato Quiche in Taste of Home August/September 1993

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Linda

May 27, 2018

I Think It would have been very good but very Salty and I like salt. Thought I may have made a mistake but made 3 for a bridal shower and they were all Salty . I was disappointed . I would probably use 1/4 teaspoon of salt. I also used a deep dish pan but was unable to fit all the eggs and cream. So do you best to find a Larger pie crust.
Grammy Debbie

Aug 16, 2017

DELICIOUS! I made the recipe as directed except I had some evaporated milk in the can I needed to use up, so I replaced some of the cream with that. A great way to use up the abundance of tomatoes we have in our garden. Fortunately, our tomatoes are HUGE and have very few seeds along with being easy to peel. We will definitely be keeping this recipe!
JBurgh22

Jun 10, 2017

This was really good. I blind baked the crust and used 1 can of diced tomatoes (14.5 oz). I also added about 8 oz of fresh mushroom that I cooked up with the onions.
quittellinmeallusernamesrtakn

Jul 5, 2016

This was great! I made a number of changes based on what I had on hand: I had 4-5 slices salami leftover that was cut about width of nickel, & I Julienne cut it & saut?ed a big whole vidalia onion with it (I did NOT use any butter). I sliced 5 med-sized garden tomatoes in half & squeezed most of seeds out & then coarsely chopped up (didn't peel.) I didn't have thyme so put some tarragon in instead. I let tom mixture cook down like recipe said b/c otherwise it would've been very watery. I didn't have pie crust & wanted to use leftover sliced roasted garlic sandwich bread from bakery- sprayed glass pie pan w/nonstick spray & laid bread in bottom to cover. Sprinkled half of a pt sized container (actually 5oz container) of freshly shaved parmasean over bread. Then added tomato mixture & topped w/rest of cheese. I then poured milk/egg mixture over it, & I was afraid would overflow, so didn't pour it all. After a min it was sinking in some and was able to pour rest of it on. Baked as recipe said & didn't overflow & browned up nicely. The salami & the onions really went well with the tom, cheese, & eggs! Yum yum yum!!;
PrplMonky5

Apr 11, 2016

I would give this 5 stars for taste, 4 stars on prep. I could only find a 9.5 frozen crust, so that's what I used. I should have listened to one of the other reviewers who used less half and half. I will do that for next time, maybe even make it only 3 eggs, since mine overflowed in the oven (yikes!).Peeling, de-seeding and chopping the tomatoes was a bit of a pain, hence the 4 stars for prep. Instead of 1C chopped onion, I used 1/2C onion, 1/4C red bell pepper, 1/4C real bacon bits. I cooked the red pepper and onion together, then threw the bacon in with the tomatoes. Since I used bacon, which has a lot of salt, I only did 1/2tsp salt. For the reviewer who said it was too salty, did you use salted butter? That may have made a difference. My tomato mixture was a bit mushy by the end, but it still tasted delicious.When I cooked the quiche in the oven, I put it at 425, then when 10 minutes were up, just lowered the temperature, keeping the quiche inside. It took about 38 additional minutes for ours to be done. The bottom of my quiche was a bit soggy, perhaps because I had it on a baking sheet to catch any overflow. The taste was GREAT. I will definitely be making this again. Maybe in the future I will try some other ingredients, and do the tomato stuff much earlier.
rozzykins

Jan 29, 2016

The flavour in this quiche is AMAZING! Don't substitute the butter for margarine, it really adds to the taste of the onion/tomato combination. Fantastic recipe.
jeannewirtanen

Sep 21, 2015

Delicious. A good choice when you have extra tomatoes from the garden.
Amella1121

Mar 22, 2015

I made this for brunch, with a couple tweaks. I added a small head of chopped broccoli florets, one clove of crushed garlic to the onion mixture, and since my pie dish is just 9.5 inches, I added 1/4 cup less half and half. It was delicious! Everyone really enjoyed it, and it was great to make the day before and reheat that day. Would make again, and with other veggies added!
rebelwithoutaclue

Feb 27, 2015

If you love Tomato Pie you will love Tomato Quiche. I added 4 strips of bacon, crumbled and a 1/4 tea of dried basil. I omitted the salt ingredient because of using bacon. Now our family is confused about which dish is their favorite. Nice problem to have. Make sure your tomatoes are as dry as you can get them or it will be soggy otherwise.
deedydog

Sep 10, 2014

I really liked this dish and am surprised no other reviews mentioned how salty it is.I will definitely make it again but will omit salt completely I am not normally so salt sensitive,even my boyfriend commented about it,and he never comments about salt. Otherwise,had great flavor.I used 9inch pie crust,couldn't fit all cream/cheese mixture in,definitely use 10 inch crust.