Orange-Strawberry Quiche

Have you ever had a dessert quiche?  I hadn't until Talia invented one.  We were talking about healthful options for her class project and she suggested this one - entirely her own invention.  I was pretty impressed with the creativity, and entirely unsure how we would go about making such a thing, but serendipity showed up and voila:

It's a pretty basic little quiche, with strawberries as the filling.  Just after she'd first suggested this combination, we were at the grocery store and saw a tart recipe with an orange custard filling.  Borrowing from that idea, we added orange zest to the cream, heated it a bit and added it to the filling.

The recipe, as with most first tries, is not yet ready for prime-time, but there was quite a deal of pride in preparing this dessert for her grandparents.  Confession?  I was not really sure this would be good.  But it was.  We'll probably try it again soon, with a slightly sweeter crust and see what comes of it.

Here's to invention: the necessary ingredient.

Egg Shell Tip

This tip comes from Talia, who taught it to me.  If you crack an egg, and a piece of shell goes into the egg, it's hard to get it out, right?  Chasing those bits around with your fingers is like trying to catch a cat when it's time to go to the vet's office.  Good luck.

Well, if you take a larger piece of shell, you can use it to scoop out the smaller pieces.  It really works.  I don't know why, but there must be a good reason somewhere in the food-science world.

What I do know is she read this in a storybook at school about Hanukkah and the people in the story were making Latkes.  A kid dropped a shell and the grandmother taught her the trick.  Then my daughter taught it to me.  Wish I'd read that book a long time ago....