Recipe for "cranb-quiche"

NAME

     CRANB-QUICHE - Sweet potatoes, carrots  and  cranberries  in
     cream cheese quiche
     This recipe has become a real holiday favorite in  our  fam-
     ily.  It is originally from  The Vegetarian Epicure Book Two
     by Anna Thomas.  It is sweeter than most quiches, but not as
     sweet  as most pies, and can be eaten either as a side dish,
     or as dessert.  We usually eat it with the turkey because no
     one wants to wait until dessert time!

INGREDIENTS (Serves 8)

     250 g     sweet potatoes
     250 g     carrots
     250 g     cranberries
     120 g     sugar
     120 ml    milk
     4         eggs
     250 g     cream cheese
     dash      nutmeg
     dash      salt
     1         pre-baked quiche shell (25 cm)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Start some salted water boiling. Preheat  oven  to
               190 deg. C.
          (2)  Peel and grate the sweet potatoes.  Grate carrots.
               Put these vegetables into an empty saucepan.
          (3)  Pour the boiling water over the saucepan  full  of
               vegetables   and  bring  to  a  boil.   Cook  five
               minutes; drain.
          (4)  Wash cranberries and pick out the  ones  that  are
               soft  or  blemished.   Put  the  cranberries in an
               enameled  pot  with  the  sugar  and  cook   them,
               covered,  over  low  heat for 10 minutes, stirring
               occasionally.  Remove the lid and  cook  for  five
               minutes more, stirring almost constantly.
          (5)  Add cooked drained potato/carrot mixture to  cran-
               berries and cook for 3 to 4 minutes more, stirring
               constantly.
          (6)  Beat together the milk, eggs, cream cheese, a lit-
               tle  nutmeg,  and  a  dash  of  salt.  Stir in the
               cooked vegetable mixture  and  pour  this  filling
               carefully into the prepared shell.
          (7)  Bake at 190 deg. C for 40 minutes or until the top
               is golden and firm. Serve.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 25 minutes preparation, 40  minutes
     baking.  Precision: measure the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Moira Mallison
     Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon, USA
     tektronix!moiram