| 1 | Preheat oven to 350 °F. |
| 2 | Saute onion in butter until transparent. |
| 3 | Stir in tomato sauce, chopped peppers and salt. |
| 4 | Simmer 5 minutes. |
| 5 | Remove from heat. |
| 6 | Combine eggs and cream. |
| 7 | Stir into sauce. |
| 8 | Place half the corn chips in bottom of a 1 ?quart casserole. |
| 9 | Add in layers, half the monterey jack cheese, half the sauce. |
| 10 | Repeat. |
| 11 | Top with sour cream. |
| 12 | Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and paprika. |
| 13 | Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes. |
| 14 | Notes: * a casserole made with jack cheese -- i got this recipe from the national dairy council. |
| 15 | It"s good winter food; easy to make and rich. |
| 16 | Don"t let the corn chips put you off; normally, such an ingredient would make me think it"s one of those recipes for people who don"t like to cook and don"t care about good food. |
| 17 | Take my word for it: this recipe is an exception. |
| 18 | * ingredient notes for non-us cooks: monterey jack cheese is a bland american cheddar from monterey, california. |
| 19 | Try substituting dunlop (scottish), lancashire (english), or cantal (french). |
| 20 | Half and half is a dairy product that is 50 percent whole milk and 50 percent heavy cream; light cream makes a reasonable substitute. |
| 21 | Corn chips, often sold as "fritos" or "doritos," are a packaged snack food made of deep-fried pressed cornmeal. |
| 22 | I cannot think of any reasonable substitute for them in this recipe. |
| 23 | [ed.] : difficulty: easy. |
| 24 | : time: 20 minutes preparation, 30 minutes cooking. |
| 25 | : precision: approximate measurement ok. |
| 26 | : jeff lichtman at rtech (relational technology, inc.; alameda, california) : saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent... |
| 27 | : : amdahl, sun!rtech!jeff : ucbvax, decvax!mtxinu!rtech!jeff : |
