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Fiesta Tart

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Cooking time: 35 mins.
Preparation time: 20 mins.
Main cooking utensils: pie pan, skillet
Oven temperature: 425-450°F, then 350-375°F.
Oven position: above center

For 4-6 people you need:
1½ cups all-purpose flour
pinch salt
½-1 teaspoon dry mustard
6 tablespoons butter
½ cup dry grated Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons water
1 shallot or onion
2 tablespoons butter
3 eggs
⅔ cup shelled prawns
⅔ cup coffee cream
salt and black pepper
1-2 teaspoons made mustard
2 tomatoes, thinly sliced

Garnish:
parsley or fennel
prawn heads

  1. Sift flour, salt, and mustard, rub in butter.
  2. Add cheese and bind together with water to form a firm dough.
  3. Roll out and line greased ring or pie pan. Flute edges and prick bottom.
  4. Chill if possible.
  5. Bake blind for 15 minutes on a baking sheet in 425-450° oven.
  6. Fry chopped onion in butter, blend with eggs, and stir in all other ingredients, except tomatoes.
  7. Pour into half-baked pie shell, arrange sliced tomatoes on top. Bake for about 20 minutes until custard has set in a 350-375° oven.
  8. Garnish with parsley or fennel and prawn heads.

TO SERVE: Hot or cold.

TO VARY: Add milk instead of cream, use small can pink salmon instead of prawns, and garnish with lemons.

TO STORE: In refrigerator.

PRINTED IN CANADA. ©Copyright Paul Hamlyn Ltd. 1967

Quiche Monaco

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QUICHE
6 slices bacon, quartered
10-inch unbaked pie shell
1 cup grated natural Swiss cheese
4 eggs
1½ cups light cream
½ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
⅛ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon dried oregano leaves

PIZZA SAUCE
3 medium white onions, sliced
1 can (8 oz) whole tomatoes, undrained
¼ teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon dried thyme leaves
¼ lb mozzarella cheese
12 pitted black olives

  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. Make Quiche: Sauté bacon until crips; drain on paper towels. Reserve 2 tablespoons bacon fat.
  3. In bottom of pie shell, sprinkle two-thirds of bacon with grated cheese.
  4. In medium bowl, beat eggs with cream, salt, nutmeg, pepper, and organ until smooth. Pour into pie shell. Bake 30 minutes, or until golden and sharp knife inserted near center comes out clean.
  5. Meanwhile, make Sauce: In reserved bacon fat in medium skillet, sauté onion several minutes, until tender. Add tomatoes, sugar, and thyme. Simmer, stirring, 15 minutes, or until mixture is slightly thickened. Slice mozzarella into 3½-by-½-inch slices.
  6. Garnish top of Quiche with mozzarella strips, spoke fashion, alternating with tomatoes mixture. Sprinkle with rest of bacon. Spoon remaining tomato mixture into center. Decorate with olives.
  7. Bake 5 minutes longer to melt cheese slightly. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings.

© Copyright 1973 by The McCall Publishing Co. All rights reserved. printed in U.S.A.

Sausage-Bean Pizza

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Preparation time: 20 min.
Rising time: 1 1/2 hrs.
Baking time: 20 min.
Oven temperature: 425°

The addition of beans to the filling and a spicy whole wheat crust make this pizza as flavorful and nutritious as it is attractive and inexpensive.

For 1 12-inch pizza you will need:
Whole Wheat Shell (recipe follows)
1/2 lb. hot Italian sausages
1 can (16 oz.) pork and beans with tomato sauce
1/4 tsp. dried oregano leaves, crumbled
1 tomato, thinly sliced
6 oz. sliced Mozzarella cheese, Grated Parmesan or Romano cheese

Whole Wheat Shell: Pour 2/3 cup warm water (105°F to 115°F) into bowl. Sprinkle with 1 pkg. active dry yeast. Let stand 5 min. Add 1 Tbsp. oil, 3/4 tsp. salt and 1/8 tsp. black pepper. Stir in about 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour. Turn out on lightly floured surface and knead 5 to 8 min. Place into oiled bowl, turning to oil top. Cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place about 1 1/2 hrs.

Preparation:
1. Punch down raised pizza dough and fit into 12-inch pizza pan.

2. Remove casings from sausages. Crumble meat into skillet. Cook, stirring frequently until meat is well browned. Pour off fat.

3. Add pork and beans and oregano to sausage, mixing well. Spread over pizza shell.

4. Bake to 425°F to 10 min. Arrange tomato and cheese slices over hot pizza. Sprinkle generously with grated cheese.

5. Return to oven. Bake 10 min. longer. Cut into wedges and serve at once.

Good served with: Coleslaw.

Tips: You can substitute a ready-made pizza dough for the Whole Wheat Shell, if you wish.

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