Bacon Thyme And Gruyere Mini Quiches Recipes

BACON-CHEESE QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly flour a rolling pin and work surface and roll out dough to a 12-inch round. Place in a 9-inch pie plate, fold overhang under, and crimp edge. Place a sheet of parchment paper over dough and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until edge is dry and light golden, about 20 minutes. Remove parchment and weights.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high. Add onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook until light golden, 8 to 10 minutes. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and cream. Add onion, bacon, and cheese and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Whisk to combine, pour into crust, and bake until center of quiche is just set, 40 to 45 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

MUSHROOM, ONION, AND BACON QUICHE WITH GRUYERE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Cook bacon in a big skillet until semicrisp; drain on paper towels.
• Discard all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat from the skillet; add oil to skillet and heat over medium heat.
• Add in mushrooms and onion; cook/stir until the mushrooms are lightly browned and the onion is tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add in parsley and garlic; cook 1 minute.
• Season with salt and pepper; remove from heat.
• Snip bacon into ¼ inch pieces and add to mushroom mixture.
• In a bowl, whisk the eggs until light; stir in half-and-half and mustard.
• Spoon mushroom mixture evenly into pie shell; sprinkle with cheese and add egg mixture.
• Bake quiche until puffed and golden brown, about 35 minutes.
• Serve warm or at room temperature, cut into wedges.

BACON, THYME AND GRUYERE MINI QUICHES

Steps:

• Crush the cookies in food processor or large Ziplock bag, then stir in melted butter.
• Put 1 teaspoon cookie mixture into 18-22 mini tart or mini muffin cups. Tamp down with thumb or tart press to create a bottom crust.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients except the turkey bacon.
• Spoon about 1-2 Tablespoons of the mixture into each mini tart cup.
• Sprinkle turkey bacon over the tops of each quiche.
• Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• ***To bake a full pie: Cover with foil and bake at 375° for 50-60 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.