Puffed Up Chiles Rellenos

Total Time: 1 hr 6 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 51 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (9 inch) pie shells
• 2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded
• 2 (4 ounce) cans whole green chilies, drained and sliced
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
• 1 dash hot pepper sauce (depends how hot you want it)
• 1 pinch nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 425°f.
• 2 cover your pie crust with foil and press into the shell.
• 3 hold the foil down with a layer of dried beans.
• 4 bake 6 minutes and remove the foil.
• 5 put 1 cup of cheese in the partially baked crust.
• 6 spread on half the chilis.
• 7 repeat with the remaining cheese and chilis.
• 8 beat 4 eggs with the cream and hot pepper sauce and nutmeg.
• 9 pour over the chilis and bake in a 375°f oven for 30 minutes.
• 10 separate 2 eggs and beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
• 11 lightly beat the egg yolks and fold them gently into the beaten whites.
• 12 spread over the hot chilis and cheese and bake for 15 minutes or until puffy and browned.