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Slice of Southwestern quiche with cheese, peppers, and jalapeño on a plate.

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Southwestern Quiche with Hot Honey

Recipe by Kylee Scales

Savory Southwestern quiche featuring bacon, spicy jalapeños, sharp cheddar and homemade hot honey drizzle. Ideally, make it scratch (provided here), but if you’re in a pinch use store bought dough and hot honey.


  • Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield8 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale

For the pie crust

  • 1 3/8 cups (180 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup (40 g) cornmeal (if you don’t have cornmeal, use an additional 40 g flour)
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/3 stick (154 g) Challenge unsalted butter
  • 4.5 tbsp (66 g) cold water

For the custard

  • 4 oz bacon, medium dice
  • 3 oz sweet onion, medium dice
  • 8 oz corn kernels (fresh or frozen)
  • 1 jalapeño, small dice
  • 4 large eggs
  • 6 fluid ounces heavy cream
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 cup (4 oz) sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

For the hot honey

  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 tbsp hot sauce
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

For the pie crust

  1. Mix flour, cornmeal, salt, and butter until pieces of butter are very small.
  2. Add water to flour mixture 1 tablespoon at a time and mix just until dough comes together.
  3. Shape dough into disk, and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator for at least 1 hour before baking.
  4. Preheat oven to 385 degrees Fahrenheit.
  5. Roll out dough to 12-inch circle and transfer to 9-inch pie pan. Trim and crimp edges.
  6. Line pie shell with parchment paper and pie weights.
  7. Bake until edges turn pale gold in color, about 10 minutes.
  8. Remove from oven and remove paper and weights. Bake an additional 5 minutes, or until bottom of crust turns light gold in color.

For the custard

  1. Decrease oven temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Cook bacon over medium heat in skillet. Use slotted spoon to transfer bacon to paper-towel-lined plate. Leave fat in skillet.
  3. Saute onion, corn, and jalapeno in bacon fat until onion is translucent and corn is tender, about 5 minutes.
  4. In bowl, combine and whisk eggs, heavy cream, salt, and pepper.
  5. Place grated cheese, bacon pieces, onion, corn, and jalapeño in pie shell. Pour egg mixture over everything.
  6. Bake until quiche is just set, about 35 to 45 minutes.

For the hot honey

  1. Add all ingredients to small saucepan on stove over medium heat.
  2. Allow mixture to come to a boil. Once it reaches a boil, allow it to continue boiling for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
  3. Remove from heat and carefully pour mixture into mason jar.
  4. Allow to cool completely before topping with lid.

Notes

Make sure you have enough pie weights to fill the entirety of the crust so the sides of the dough don’t sink when you parbake it. If you don’t have actual pie weights, dry beans also work well.

  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American, French

Nutrition

  • Calories: 500
  • Fat: 38 g
  • Carbohydrates: 37 g
  • Protein: 13 g