Mushroom Chive Quiche Recipes

QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.In a skillet, fry bacon until crisp. Crumble and set aside. Pour out excess grease but don't clean the pan.Melt butter in the same skillet. Add onions and cook for a few minutes. Add mushrooms and artichokes and cook for a few more minutes. Salt mixture to taste. Remove from heat and allow to cool for about 20 minutes.Roll out pie crust and press into deep dish tart pan. (May also use 2 standard pie crusts for this recipe.) In a large bowl, beat eggs with cream. Add grated cheese, salt and pepper, and set aside. (Add cayenne pepper if you'd like a little kick.) With a slotted spoon, add mushroom mixture into egg/cream mixture. Stir together. Add bacon and stir. Add parsley or chives, if desired.Pour into pie crust and press to submerge ingredients. Cover loosely with foil, place on a baking sheet, and bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour. Bake for slightly longer if quiche is overly jiggly.Remove from oven and allow to set for ten minutes before serving. Remove quiche from pan and slice into wedges.

SAUSAGE MUSHROOM QUICHE WITH CHIVES

Steps:

• Pre-cook a whole wheat pie crust.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the sausage. Add mushrooms and cook until all the water has released from the mushrooms, 6-8 minutes. Drain any grease from the pan. Add drained mixture to the pre-cooked pie crust.
• In a large bowl mix together the eggs, milk, herbs. Salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the grated cheese.
• Pour the egg filling over the meat and veggie mixture in the pie crust. Make sure the cheese is evenly distributed across the top of the quiche.
• Put on a baking sheet and bake until the quiche has set and top and crust has browned, about 30 to 35 minutes.

QUICHE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450° for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce heat to 350°., In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, onion and red pepper in butter until mushrooms are tender. Drain and set aside. In a large bowl, combine cheese and flour. Stir in the milk, eggs, savory, salt and cayenne until blended. Stir in mushroom mixture. Pour into crust., Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean (cover edges loosely with foil if needed to prevent overbrowning). Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

SWISS AND CHIVE QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, beat 1 egg, salt and pepper; stir in potatoes. Transfer to a 10-in. greased cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet. Sprinkle with cheese and chives. In the same bowl, beat remaining 4 eggs and milk. Stir in biscuit mix; pour over potatoes. Bake on a lower oven rack until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting.

MUSHROOM & SWISS CHEESE QUICHE

Steps:

• For Pastry: Sift together the flour and salt.
• Using a pastry blender, cut the shortening in until mixture resembles cornmeal.
• Slowly sprinkle ice water over the top, while tossing the mixture up from the bottom of the bowl with a fork.
• Gather the dough into a ball, using only enough water to hold the ball together.
• Wrap ball in waxed paper and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
• Remove from fridge and roll out into a circle which is 2 inches larger than the diameter of the pie pan being used.
• Put dough into pan.
• Place a piece of aluminum foil on the bottom and up the sides of the pie pan.
• Fill with dry beans (this will stop the pastry from puffing up during baking).
• Bake in preheated 450F degree oven, on lowest rack, for 12 minutes.
• Take from oven and remove beans and foil (be careful, they will be hot).
• Meanwhile, prepare filling: Melt butter, add onions and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir in mushrooms, 1 tsp salt and lemon juice.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are done and all the liquid has evaporated.
• Continue frying the mushrooms in the butter for about 1 minute.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs and cream together.
• Add the remaining salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• Stir in the mushrooms.
• Pour into prepared pastry shell, sprinkle with swiss cheese and dot with softened butter.
• Bake in preheated 350F degree oven for 35 minutes or until quiche is puffy and browned, and a knife inserted into center comes out clean.
• Let sit for 10 minutes before serving.

MUSHROOM CRUST QUICHE

Steps:

• Grease a 9 inch pie pan and set aside.
• Melt 2 tbsps. butter over medium-high heat.
• Add the garlic powder, mix well.
• Add the mushrooms and saute until mushrooms are tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Add the cracker crumbs and mix well.
• Press the mixture over the bottom and up the side of the prepared pan.
• Melt 1 tbsp butter in the same skillet used for mushrooms.
• Add the green onions and saute until soft.
• Spread over mushroom crust.
• Sprinkle the Swiss cheese over the green onions.
• Combine the cottage cheese, eggs and cayenne in a blender and process until smooth (you can also use a stick blender).
• Pour over Swiss cheese.
• Sprinkle with paprika if desired.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

MUSHROOM-SHALLOT QUICHE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Blend flour, salt, and sugar in processor. Add butter; using on/off turns, process until coarse meal forms. Whisk 1 egg and 1 teaspoon cold water in small bowl; add to flour mixture. Using on/off turns, process just until moist clumps form. Transfer to work surface and knead gently until dough comes together, about 4 turns. Form into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and chill 1 hour. Do ahead Dough can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
• Butter 9 1/2-inch round fluted tart pan with removable bottom. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 12-inch round. Transfer dough to pan, pressing onto bottom and up sides of pan; trim any excess dough. Chill 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter large square of foil and press, butter side down, onto crust. Fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and weights. Using fork, pierce bottom of crust all over (about 10 times). Bake until golden, about 10 minutes. Brush lightly with egg white. Cool. Do ahead Can be baked 6 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• For filling:
• Melt butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add shallots; sauté until soft, about 2 minutes. Add mushrooms; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Increase heat to high and sauté until liquid is absorbed and mushrooms are tender, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle with 2 1/2 teaspoons thyme and cook 1 minute. Transfer mixture to plate. Cool mushrooms completely.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place cooled crust in pan on baking sheet. Sprinkle with remaining 2 1/2 teaspoons thyme. Drain mushrooms, if needed. Scatter mushrooms over thyme. Whisk cream, eggs, salt, and pepper in medium bowl. Pour egg mixture over mushrooms. Sprinkle with green onions and cheese.
• Bake quiche until custard is set, about 25 minutes. Cool 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SPINACH MUSHROOM QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. In medium bowl, place Bisquick mix. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost leaves side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).
• Press pastry in bottom and up side of ungreased 9-inch quiche dish or glass pie plate. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until crust just begins to brown and is set. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion and mushrooms in butter about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. In medium bowl, beat eggs, milk and red pepper until well blended. Stir in spinach, bell pepper, mushroom mixture and cheese. Pour into partially baked crust.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.