Lunch Quiche Recipes

HAM AND SWISS QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare homemade pie crust or use purchased refrigerated or frozen pie crust, and set aside. (No need to cook the crust before filling with quiche mixture.)
• In a medium bowl, place half-and-half, eggs, honey mustard, flour, salt, thyme, and pepper and beat until combined.
• Layer the cooked and cubed ham, Swiss cheese, and spinach in the prepared pie crust. Pour the egg mixture slowly into the pie crust and sprinkle with the grated Parmesan cheese.
• Bake the quiche for 40 to 50 minutes until crust is golden and filling is set. Let stand for 5 minutes, then cut into wedges to serve.

LUNCH QUICHE

Steps:

• Beat the eggs and milk together. Set aside.
• Add the dill, salt and pepper and flour to the cheese and mix completely.
• Saute the mushrooms until the give up all their liquid.
• Spray the sides and bottom of an 8" square casserole or cake pan with vegetable spray.
• Add the mushrooms and Krab to the bottom of the pan, distributing evenly.
• Add the cheese mixture.
• Carefully pour the milk and eggs into the dish.
• Bake at 375F for 50 - 60 minutes. Use an instant read thermometer and remove from oven when dish reaches 170F degrees.

CLASSIC QUICHE

Steps:

• Crust: Pulse flour and salt in a food processor until combined. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Whisk together egg and yolk with ice water. Add to flour mixture and pulse until moist crumbs start to form (no longer). Transfer mixture to a piece of plastic wrap and, using wrap and your hands, form into a disk (or 2 disks, if making 2 quiches in pie plates). Refrigerate at least 30 minutes and up to 4 hours.
• Let sit at room temperature until pliable, then roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to a 14-inch round. Fit into a 9-inch springform pan, folding and pressing sides to an even thickness. (Or roll out 2 disks to 11-inch rounds and fit into 8- or 9-inch pie plates.)
• Trim edge of dough flush with top of springform pan. (If using pie plates, fold edges of dough under; crimp as desired.) Wrap in plastic; freeze at least 30 minutes and up to 3 days. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line crust with parchment; fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake, with a baking sheet on rack below, 20 minutes; remove paper and beans. Bake until golden, 12 to 15 minutes (8 to 10 minutes, for pie plates). Let cool.
• Reduce oven to 375 degrees. Whisk eggs until smooth, then whisk in remaining ingredients until well combined.
• Pour custard mixture into cooled crust, stopping just short of top (if making in 2 pie plates, divide evenly between crusts). You may not need to use all of custard; be careful not to overfill.
• Add any toppings. Bake 10 minutes; reduce oven to 325 degrees. Bake until filling is just set. Let cool about 1 hour before serving.