Black Forest Ham Quiche with PepperJack Cheese and Green Chiles

All Hallows’ EveThe pumpkin grinned from ear to ear, “The moon is bright, the sky is clear. This is the night we’ve waited for, when elves come knocking on the door. When witches ride their broomsticks high and ghosts and goblins fill the sky. Then Jack and Jill, with fairy queen, will dance and sing: it’s Halloween.”

by Constance B. Osborne

Looking for a festive and tasty supper for All Hallows Eve? A Black Forest Ham Quiche with a pumpkin-shaped cutie and a Cappuccino Blossom cookie is the perfect meal. The cookie recipe was recently posted.

The pumpkin cutie has a small piece of celery for the stem.

Black Forest Ham Quiche with Pepper Jack Cheese and Green Chiles
Cook's Notes: By decreasing how many chiles you use in the recipe can reduce the hotness.
Ingredients:

• 1 single refrigerated pie crust or a homemade crust
• 1 cup diced Black Forest Deli Ham
• 1-1/2 cups shredded Pepper Jack Cheese
• ½ cup cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 small can mild green chiles (drained and patted dry on a paper towel)
• 4 large eggs
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• ¾ cup half and half
• ½ teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes

Topping Ingredients:

• ¾ cup panko bread crumbs
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ¼ teaspoon herbes de Provence
• ¼ teaspoon parsley flakes

Quiche Directions:

• Drain chiles and dry on a paper towel to remove most of the moisture, set aside.
• Let piecrust stand at room temperature for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees and place pie crust in a pie pan, crimp edges.
• Line pastry shell with 2 sheets of foil (blind baking). Overlap the foil so the edges will extend over the pie pan.
• Bake at 425 for 8 minutes, remove foil and bake 3 minutes more.
• Reduce temperature to 375 and place foil strips around outer crust edges to prevent over-browning.
• Sprinkle par-baked crust with ham, chiles, cheese mixture.
• In a blender mix eggs, cream, spices and half and half. Pour liquid carefully over the ham mixture.
• Bake 12 minutes. Sprinkle topping mixture over quiche and bake 12 minutes more or until set and knife comes out clean from the center.

Topping Directions:

• In a small fry pan melt butter and stir fry bread crumbs and spices until browned.