=== Quiche a la Craig Claiborne ===


**Ingredients**

  * pastry for a 9" pie (but it overflows)
  * 4 strips bacon
  * 1 onion thinly sliced
  * 1 c gruyere or swiss cheese cubed
  * 1/4 c parmesan grated
  * 4 eggs lightly beaten
  * 2 c cream or 1 c each milk or cream* (mom uses a total of a 1 3/4 total)
  * 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  * 1/2 tsp salt
  * 1/4 tsp white pepper

Bake pie crust at 450 for 5 minutes  
Prick with fork

Cook bacon, remove from skillet, crumble, 
Pour off all but 1 tsp fat and cook onion until transparent

Sprinkle bacon, onion and cheese over inside of pastry 
Comb eggs cream, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and pour over stuff in shell

*A note on "cream" the milk component can be low or non fat ricotta, yogurt or milk. It's just more watery if you use low/non-fat products and you need to adjust the cooking time by adding an extra 5 minutes. 

Bake for 15 minutes at 450 degrees then turn oven down to 350 degrees and bake until a knife inserted 1" from the edge comes out clean ~15-20 minutes