Autumn Quiche from the Dairy Farmers of Canada

This recipe was sent to me by my sister who found it on a Dairy Farmers of Canada website. You can use pretty much any type of cheese you like and any type of orange squash....Butternut, Acorn, Hubbard or pumpkin. It smelled great while baking. Tasted like quiche.

I'm not sure I've ever made a quiche by baking the piecrust prior to filling it. But it worked. If you decide not to pre-bake the crust, simply bake the whole thing for a longer period, about 40 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 1 pre-baked 9 inch pie shell
• 1/4 cup cooked bacon, sliced\1/2 cup squash, diced and blanched
• 1/4 cup white part only leek, thinly sliced and blanched
• 1/2 cup pear, diced
• 1 cup Brie cheese, diced
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk or 10% cream
• pinch of nutmeg
• pinch of cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper to taste

Methods:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.

Fill the pieshell with the bacon, pear, vegetables and Brie. In a bowl whisk the eggs and milk/cream. Stir in the spices and salt and pepper. Pour the egg mixture into the pie shell and bake the quiche in the centre of the oven for 25-30 minutes.