Cajun spice from chicken wings meets steak with bleu cheese crumbles in a simple quiche
This low-carb Black and Blue Hamburger Pie combines the heat of cajun spices with the cool of blue cheese resulting in a mouthwatering balance of flavors.
Ingredients
coconut oil or butter to grease pan
1 Tablespoon butter
1 medium onion chopped
1 pound hamburger (80% lean or higher)
1 Tablespoon Cajun seasoning
5 large eggs
¾ cup heavy cream
1 cup blue cheese crumbles divided
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Prepare a deep-dish pie pan by spraying with coconut oil or greasing with butter.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Add butter.
- After butter has melted and stopped foaming, add onions.
- Stirring occasionally, cook onions until they are just starting to soften.
- Add hamburger to skillet and break up into small crumbles.
- Season hamburger and onion lightly with salt and pepper.
- When hamburger is brown throughout, drain off extra grease and put back on medium-high.
- Add Cajun seasoning and toast for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Set hamburger-onion mixture aside to cool slightly.
- In a medium bowl, whisk eggs and cream together.
- Stir in ¾ cup blue cheese crumbles, salt, pepper and cayenne.
- Stir hamburger mixture into egg mixture.
- Pour mixture into prepared pan.
- Sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup of blue cheese crumbles on top.
- Place pan on a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350F for 35-45 minutes. Pie is done when the center is set.
- Allow 10 minutes for filling to set before serving
