Broccoli Cheese Mini Quiches Food

BROCCOLI & CHEDDAR MINI QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and line a large rimmed baking sheet with foil.
• Grease 10-12 cups in a 12-cup muffin tin and set aside.
• Cook broccoli in a steamer basket over 1 inch of water for 6 minutes or microwave in a dish with a little water, cover and cook on HIGH until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Let broccoli cool slightly, then chop into small pieces.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, cream, eggs, and egg yolks.
• Stir in cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• Add chopped broccoli to the mixture.
• Put muffin tin on baking sheet and then ladle egg mixture into prepared muffin cups, filling each cup.
• Bake until lightly browned and no longer jiggly in center, about 25-35 minutes.
• Let cool slightly, then run a knife around each quiche.
• Place a clean baking sheet on top of muffin pan and invert to unmold quiches.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

BROCCOLI AND CHEDDAR QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Place pie crust into a 9-inch deep pie dish and prick crust all over with a fork; brush with oil. Place crust onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake crust in the preheated oven for 8 minutes.
• Place broccoli into a bowl and microwave on high until broccoli is bright green and slightly tender, about 4 minutes. Whisk eggs, milk, Dijon mustard, oregano, salt, pepper, and thyme in a bowl; stir broccoli into egg mixture. Pour mixture into crust and sprinkle quiche with Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses. Place pie dish on the baking sheet.
• Bake until a knife inserted into the middle of the quiche comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

BROCCOLI AND CHEESE MINI QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 derees.
• Prepare muffin tins with cooking spray. I used larger muffin tins but size doesn't necessarily matter.
• Place 3 thick slices of bread in oven on the rack for about 4 minutes. Just long enough for the bread to get toasted. Upon removing bread from the oven, cut each piece of bread into 4 pieces. Place one piece of toasted bread in each tin.
• In a skillet, saute 2T. butter with onion until onion is soft and browned.
• In medium bowl, combine milk, eggs, dry mustard, and pepper; set aside.
• Layer cheese, broccoli and onion around the bread in the muffin tin. Pour egg mixture over bread, cheese, onion and broccoli.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before serving.
• Makes 6 large muffin tin quiche's.