Bacon Mini Quiche Food

MINI BACON QUICHES

Steps:

• Sprinkle each pastry crust with 1 teaspoon flour; place floured side down on a lightly floured surface. Cut 12 circles from each crust, using a 2-1/2 in. round biscuit cutter. Press dough onto the bottom and up the sides of miniature muffin cups coated with cooking spray; set aside., In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of mixture into each prepared crust. Bake at 400° for 14-18 minutes or until filling is set. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

MINI BACON CHEESE QUICHE WITH PUFF PASTRY

Steps:

• Heat a little oil in a medium frying pan and cook bacon until brown. When cooked, place the bacon on absorbent paper and cool. Dice the bacon into tiny pieces and put them aside for later.
• Finely slice the spring onion and grate the cheese. Put these aside.
• Next, prepare the wet filling. In a medium bowl (or jug) mix the heavy cream, milk, and eggs until well combined, season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 220°C (425°F). Lightly grease the insides of the mini muffin tin.
• If your puff pastry comes unrolled, you will need to roll it out thin before cutting into rounds. Use a round cookie cutter to cut circles of dough to line the insides of the mini muffin tins.
• Place the rounds in the cups of the prepared muffin tin. Carefully push the pastry to the bottom of the cups and gently press the pleated pastry to the sides. The pastry should be level with the top of the muffin tin. Note: You don't need to blind bake the pastry before adding the filling.
• Divide the onions, bacon, and cheese evenly between the pasty-lined muffin cups.
• Carefully pour the creamy egg filling into each of the muffin cups. The liquid should be level with the top of the muffin tin.
• Place in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and allow to stand in the tins for about 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

MINI QUICHE

Steps:

• Cook bacon: on a fry pan over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp and then remove from pan on paper towel-lined plate. Crumbled when cooled down and set aside. If you aren't cooking bacon, but are using other fillings that need to be cooked, now is the time!
• Make the egg filling: In a large bowl, add eggs, milk, salt & pepper and whisk until completely combined. Cover and refrigerate until later.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease two 24-count mini muffin pans with nonstick spray. If you only have 1 mini muffin pan, bake these in batches. Work with 1 pie dough first and while the other stays in the fridge for the next batch of quiche.
• Cut your pie crust: Take your defrosted but chilled pie dough out of the fridge and onto a floured surface or a piece of parchment paper. Using a rolling pin, roll the pie crust out just a little before you start cutting. Using a 2.5-inch cookie cutter OR a 1/3 cup measuring cup, cut your small circles out and place to the side. You will need to re-roll your pie dough scraps a few times in order to get 24 for each tin. Work quickly through this, as the longer it takes the warmer the dough gets. Your first crust should give you 24 circles. Repeat with your second crust (if you have two pans). If you feel like your pie crust is getting too warm, stick it back in the fridge to chill for a little.
• Place the dough rounds into the greased 24-count mini muffin pan/pans. Press the dough flat into the bottom of the tins and up the sides.
• Evenly pour the cold egg filling into each unbaked crust. I used 1 TBSP of egg per each cup to make sure they were even. Then top evenly with bacon, and finish with a sprinkle of cheese.
• Bake mini quiches until the center is just about set and edges are lightly browned, about 20-23 minutes. Allow them to cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan. If greased well, the mini quiches pop right out using a butter knife or spoon to scoop them out. Serve warm or at room temperature.

MINI QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place twenty-four 2 1/2-inch mini tart pans on a wire rack set in a rimmed baking sheet and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a food processor, combine the flour and a good pinch of salt and pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles sand. Transfer to a medium bowl then slowly drizzle in enough of the ice water, folding with a wooden spoon, until the water is incorporated and a shaggy dough forms-all the water may not be needed; be careful not to overwork the dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and form into a disc. Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thick and use a 3-inch round cutter to cut out 24 discs. Lay 1 disc in each prepared tart pan, pressing the dough firmly into the bottom and up the sides. Transfer to the freezer to firm up, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat and add the bacon. Cook, stirring frequently, until browned and crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined tray to cool for 5 minutes.
• In another medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, 1/2 cup of the crème fraîche and a pinch each of salt and white pepper. Transfer to a liquid measuring cup for easy pouring.
• To assemble: Put a teaspoon of the bacon bits and a teaspoon of the fontina in the bottom of each tart shell. Top with a sprinkle of chives. You will have some bacon leftover to use as garnish. Pour the custard evenly into the tart shells and bake until the quiches are puffed and the crust is golden brown, about 35 minutes. Rotate the pan 180 degrees halfway through baking. Remove from the oven and immediately remove the quiches from the tart pans to cool on a wire rack. This will ensure a crisp crust.
• Meanwhile, in a third medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, the remaining 1/2 cup crème fraîche and a pinch each of salt and white pepper. Whip with a hand mixer until light and airy, about 2 minutes. Dollop onto the cooled quiches and sprinkle with the remaining bacon bits and chives.

MINI QUICHES WITH PEAS AND BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Add the bacon to a medium skillet, turn the heat to medium high and cook until browned and crispy on both sides, about 7 minutes. Drain on paper towels, then dice. Set aside.
• To a medium bowl, add the eggs, heavy cream, paprika, cayenne, Dijon and some salt and pepper; whisk to combine. Add the bacon, peas and Gruyere; fold to combine. Set aside.
• Unroll the pie dough and cut out 7 rounds using a 3-inch round cookie cutter. (If necessary, roll out the scraps and cut out more rounds.) Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick spray. Press each dough round into a muffin tin cup, crimping the edges.
• Divide the egg mixture between the 7 pie dough cups. Bake until just set, about 30 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving.

MINI QUICHES

Steps:

• Roll the pastry out onto a lightly floured work surface until very thin. Cut out circles that are 1cm larger in diameter than the tartlet tins. Line the tins with the pastry circles (you may need to bake these in batches if you do not have enough tins) pressing into the edges and up the sides. Re-roll any pastry offcuts until you've lined all the tins, then chill for 30 mins (if you're baking in batches, chill the off-cuts too).
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line each pastry case with a piece of foil and fill with baking beans or uncooked rice. Bake for 10 mins, then lift out the foil and beans and bake for another 5 mins. Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a little oil until crisp.
• Divide the bacon and half the cheese between the cases. Beat the eggs and cream together, then pour over the bacon and cheese until the cases are almost full. Scatter over the remaining cheese. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden and puffed up. Leave to cool, then chill before serving. Can be made a day ahead.

MINI BACON QUICHE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place bacon slices in a single layer on a bacon rack or foil-lined, rimmed baking sheet, making sure they do not overlap.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and crisp, 10 to 11 minutes. Remove from the pan and drain bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Increase the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with some of the rendered bacon fat.
• Saute onion and garlic in a little bacon fat over medium heat until translucent, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Beat milk, eggs, and cream in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add spinach, Cheddar cheese, and the cooked onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper and mix with a spatula to combine.
• Make a ring of bacon by running a slice around the sides of each muffin cup. Scoop egg mixture into the center of each bacon ring.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 15 minutes.

MINI SPINACH, BACON, CHEESE QUICHES

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium heat cook the onions in bacon grease OR olive oil until tender.
• Add spinach and seasonings and stir. Turn heat up to medium high to cook off spinach moisture. This will take only a couple of minutes; you want spinach just wilted and still bright green.
• Remove from heat and stir in bacon. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes.
• Combine cheeses in a large bowl.
• Add eggs and stir until well blended.
• Add cooled spinach mixture. Stir to combine.
• Divide mixture evenly among 10 lightly greased muffin cups. Fill other two empty cups 1/2 full of water (to allow for even cooking).
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes until filling is set.
• Let stand for 10 minutes, then run a thin knife around edges to release.
• Serve warm.

BACON MINI QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375°F.
• Cut the bacon into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Drop the sliced bacon into a hot skillet over medium heat. Fry, stirring frequently, until crisp. Drain the bacon bits on a paper towel.
• Use a 2-1/4-inch round cookie cutter to cut the pie crusts into 24 rounds for the quiche crusts. (If you don't have a cutter that size, find a lid or glass that diameter to use.)
• Gently push each pastry round into a mini muffin pan cup to fit the cavity and form a shell.
• Beat the eggs and cream together until well blended. Then, stir in the bacon, cheese and scallions. Season with the salt and pepper.
• Spoon about a tablespoon of the egg mixture into each pastry-lined cup.
• Bake for 12 to 13 min. (Crusts will just start to brown slightly and the egg mixture will puff up, then flatten back out.)
• Serve warm or at room temperature.