Prep time:30 minutes, if making pie pastry
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Serves Six People with a side vegetable and salad
Ingredients:
Pie Pastry, homemade or store bought
4 medium Yukon Gold Potatoes
1 pint of Grape Tomatoes, cut lengthwise in
half
3 cups of grated Monterey Jack Cheese
1 1/2 cups 2% Milk
4 Eggs, lightly beaten
Dash of Chili Powder
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
Make pie pastry or skip this instruction and use
a store bought. Preheat oven to 450 degreesF. Place rack
in the middle of the oven. Roll out pie pastries and lay in
pie or tart pans. Prick bottoms of pastry with a fork. Lay
parchment paper at the shell bottoms. Spread pie weights
or dried beans, covering bottoms. Bake for ten minutes.
Lower oven temperature to 400 degreesF. Bake pies/tarts
for ten more minutes. Remove from oven and remove
parchment paper and weights carefully.
While pie/tart crust is cooling, wash and scrub potatoes.
Cut in halves and place in medium pot. Cover potatoes
with cold water and heat on high until boiling. Once
boiling, lower heat to a simmer and cook until a knife tip
goes through potato easily. Do not overcook potatoes;
they should not fall apart. Remove from heat, place
potatoes in a colander and run cool water over them. Let
cool just enough for you to feel comfortable slicing them.
Slice potatoes crosswise into 1/4” thick slices. In each pie
crust, arrange potato slices at bottom, overlapping the
ends slightly in each pie crust, then a half pint of grape
tomatoes in each shell. Spread grated cheese over the top
of each pie. Mix milk, eggs, and a dash of chili powder
together. Pour in each pie shell. Do not let mixture run
over. Place pie shields or your own foil shield around pie/
tart edging to keep crusts from browning too much. Place
on a cookie sheet with a lip and lay parchment paper at
the bottom of the cookie sheet; this is to catch any
drippings.
Bake for 25 minutes until set. Let cool for 10 minutes and
then serve.