Zucchini Quiche with Ground Beef

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 9-inch unbaked deep crust pie shell
• ½ lb lean ground beef
• 1 medium zucchini

  shredded
• 3 green onions

  sliced
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 4 eggs

  beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
• 1 ½ teaspoons fresh thyme

  chopped (or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• dash ground red pepper

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Line pie shell with foil; fill with pie weights (or
  dried beans or rice). Bake 8 minutes. Remove from oven; carefully remove foil
  and pie weights and return to oven to bake 4 more minutes. Set aside. Reduce
  oven temperature to 375 degrees.
• 2 Brown ground beef in large skillet; drain off extra grease. Add zucchini and
  onions. Cook, stirring occasionally until veggies are tender. Stir in flour;
  cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• 3 In medium bowl, combine eggs, milk, cheese and seasonings. Stir into ground beef
  mixture; pour into crust. Bake 35 minutes or until knife inserted near center
  comes out clean.

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