KETO LOW CARB PROSCIUTTO, CHEESE & ZUCCHINI QUICHE
 
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This is a quiche that's not quite so eggy. A savoury cake that's quick to whip up and that everyone will ask for again and again.
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Recipe type: Lunch Ideas
Cuisine: Ketogenic. LCHF. Low Carb. Grain Free. Gluten Free.
Yield: 8
Ingredients
  • 3 large eggs
  • 300g zucchini
  • 80g prosciutto cotto (roughly chopped)
  • 150g matured Emmental/Cheddar cheese (cubed)
  • 100g ricotta
  • 200g double (heavy) cream
  • 70g tallow or you can use lard or butter
  • 60g lupin flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 garlic clove (minced)
  • a generous pinch of organic broth granules
  • ¼ tsp grated nutmeg
  • ½ tsp fine Himalayan pink salt
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. top and tail zucchini, then cut them across the length and again across each half length and again across each quarter length; you should now have 8 length sections approximately 2cm wide; slice thinly so as to obtain 0.5cm slivers (these are rough measures and won't be uniform).
  2. heat up 10g of tallow, add zucchini, garlic clove, ¼ tsp salt, a sprinkle of pepper, turmeric and broth granules; sautée until soft - about 5-10 mins depending on size of zucchini slivers.
  3. pre-heat oven to 170C fan (190C static).
  4. make the batter by whisking ricotta, whole eggs, cream and melted (cold) tallow; add ¼ tsp salt, a good sprinkle of pepper, lupin flour, nutmeg and sifted baking powder; (optional) at this point you can add chopped chillies or other spices according to your taste.
  5. fold prosciutto and cheese into the batter, then the cooked zucchini.
  6. pour into a buttered springform baking tin or silicone mould and level with the back of a spoon.
  7. bake for 30 mins or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out dry.
  8. allow to cool then refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
  9. remove from tin/silicone mould, cut into 8 wedges and serve.
Notes
It will keep refrigerated for up to 3 days.
You can portion and freeze individual segments.

Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to enable accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Calories: 358 Fat: 31g Net Carbs: 2.75g Protein: 14.5g
Recipe by Queen Keto at https://queenketo.com/keto-low-carb-prosciutto-cheese-zucchini-quiche/