Springtimequiche Recipes

SPRINGY VEGETABLE QUICHE

Steps:

• Melt the butter over medium high heat. Add the mushrooms; sauté until browned and soft. Add the shallots; sauté until fragrant. Add asparagus; sauté until softened and bright green. Season with a pinch of salt.
• Whisk eggs and heavy cream together. Add cooked veggies, cheese, and salt.
• Press pie crust into a 10-inch pie pan and gently crimp the edges so they look nice. (This recipe is enough for two quiches, so just do this twice if you're making both at the same time.)
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Poke tiny holes in the bottom of the crust with a fork. Bake the pie crust for 10 minutes, until partially baked.
• Pour the egg and veggie mixture into the pie dish (stop when you start to get to the top of the pie edges). Bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven and cover the pie edges with a foil crown so the edges don't overbrown. Bake for another 15 minutes.
• Slice and serve! Serve with a little spring mix salad, fruit, or muffins for brunch goals. Yum.

SPRINGTIME QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in chives and water just until flour is moistened. (Mixture will be crumly.) Shape into ball; flatten slightly.
• Roll out dough on lightly floured surface into 12 inch circle. Fold into quarters. Place dough into ungreased 10 inch quiche pan or 9 inch glass pie pan; unfold, pressing firmly against bottom and sides. Trim crust to 1/2 inch from edge of pan. Crimp or flute edge of crust.
• Sprinkle cheese and bacon over bottom of crust. Place asparagus spears in spoke pattern on top of bacon.
• Combine all remaining filling ingredients in small bowl. Pour over asparagus-cheese mixture. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown and set in center. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm.

SPRINGTIME QUICHE

Steps:

• For crust, EITHER combine flour and salt in bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in chives and water (mixture will be crumbly).
• Shape dough into a ball; place on lightly floured surface and roll into a 12-inch circle, about 1/8 inch thick.
• Fold into quarters and transfer to a 10-inch quiche pan. Unfold and ease crust into pan, pressing firmly against bottom and sides. Crimp or flute crust.
• OR substitute a prepared pie crust, sprinkle chives over bottom of crust and press lightly into the dough.
• Spread cheese over bottom of crust; top with chicken and scatter bacon over chicken. Place asparagus spears in a spoke pattern on top of the bacon.
• Combine half and half (or milk), eggs, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Whisk to mix well.
• Pour egg mixture over filling in the crust.
• Bake in a preheated 400-degree F oven 40-45 minutes or until golden and set in the center.
• Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.