Choose a Flavor Quiche

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"I have a small cookbook from BHG that has favorite recipes from 1930 til 2001. This recipe caught my eye. I have just started to make quiche and this seems like a good starter recipe. It also seems like you also could use bacon, sausage, or shrimp for the meat."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• pastry for single-crust pie
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 1⁄2 cups milk
• 1⁄4 cup green onion, sliced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 dash ground nutmeg
• 3⁄4 3/4 cup chicken or 3/4 cup crab, chopped
• 1 1⁄2 1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese or 1 1/2 cups havarti cheese, grated
• 1 tablespoon flour

directions

1. Preheat oven to 450°.
2. Line pastry in pie plate as directed.
3. Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil.
4. Bake in a 450°F oven for 5 minutes.
5. Remove foil.
6. Bake 5-7 minutes more or until pastry is nearly done.
7. Remove from oven.
8. Reduce oven heat to 325°.
9. Stir together eggs, milk, green onions, salt, pepper, and nutmeg in a bowl.
10. Stir in meat.
11. Toss the cheese and the flour together.
12. Add to egg mixture. Mix well.
13. Pour egg mixture into hot pastry shell.
14. To prevent overbrowning, cover edge of crust with foil.
15. Bake in 325° oven for 35-40 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean.
16. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[AlainaF]

This was sooo good!!! I was a bit skeptical at first since my usual standby quiche recipe includes more eggs, but even still this came out perfect, not watery or uncooked at all. A tip to keep the crust from getting soggy--add shredded cheese to the bottom of the pie pastry, melt and then pour the egg mixture on top. It really works. Loved this recipe, thanks! Made for ZWT8.

 

[French Tart]

I made mini Swiss cheese and onion quiches and served them with salad for lunch! A very easy recipe and I like that you can add what filling suits you at the time. Made for Family Picks and CQ for Munching Minions, FT/Karen

 

[Baby Kato]

I made mini quiches to have as a side with dinner tonight. They smelled so good, I have already eaten two. They are wonderful, tender and light, not to eggy. I went with chicken, green onions, and marbled cheddar, they worked beautifully in this recipe. Thank you for sharing a recipe that I will make again Lynn. Made for CQ2 - Switzerland - Family Picks

 

[tinallen863]

This quiche is easy and fabulous. You can change the cheese or meat and everyone will think you're a gourmet cook!

 

[AlaskaPam]

This was really good! I used some cooked chicken that I had leftover, and a shallot instead of green onion (what I had on hand) my cheeses were a mixture of mozzarella and cheddar and it was really delicious. I used AlainaF's trick of melting some cheese in the pie crust before adding the egg mixture and it worked great. I'll make this again. Made for ZWT8