Cheesy Mushroom Crustless Quiche Food

CRUSTLESS QUICHE SQUARE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place 1 tbsp butter in a 9 inch square or 10 x 6 inch pan.
• Melt in the oven about 3 minutes.
• Beat together eggs, milk, basil, salt, onion, and pepper.
• Add your filling from above.
• Stir in 3/4 cup grated cheese.
• Pour into baking dish.
• Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake 35- 40 minutes until centre puffs up and is firm.
• A knife inserted near the centre comes out clean.
• Let stand 5- 10 minutes before serving.
• Don't under cook as it will be runny and don't over cook as it will be dry.
• Makes about 24 squares.
• You can prepare a day or 2 ahead and reheat in oven for a few minutes until warm.

CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM QUICHE

Steps:

• Set oven to 425 degrees.
• Line two 9-inch quiche dishes or pie plates with prepared pastry; prick the bottoms well with a fork.
• Bake for 6-8 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
• Cool the crusts on a wire rack.
• In a small frypan, saute the onion and garlic until tender (about 3 minutes).
• In a bowl, combine the sauteed onions and garlic with grated cheese, bacon, mushrooms and cooked chicken; toss gently.
• Divide the mixture in half and spoon into the baked and cooled pie crust.
• In a bowl, combine/whisk the eggs, whipping cream, salt, pepper and dry mustard powder; whisk well until combined.
• Pour half of the cream/egg mixture over the veggies.
• Bake on lowest oven rack for 30 minutes, or until set.

MUSHROOM QUICHE

Steps:

• Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 8 minutes.
• Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees.
• In large skillet, saute the mushrooms, onions and red pepper in butter until mushrooms are tender.
• Drain and set aside.
• In a bowl, combine the 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 knife inserted near the center comes out clean (cover edges loosely with foil if needed to prevent overbrowning).
• Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

CRUSTLESS DILL SPINACH QUICHE WITH MUSHROOMS AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Spray an 9-inch springform pan with vegetable spray.
• Wash spinash and shake off excess water. In the water clinging to the leaves, cook the spinach over high heat just until it wilts. Squeeze out excess moisture, chop and set aside.
• In large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat; add garlic, onions and mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Remove from heat and add chopped spinach, ricotta, cottage, Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses, whole egg, egg white, dill and pepper; mix well.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

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.

CHEESY MUSHROOM CRUSTLESS QUICHE

Steps:

• Combine mushrooms, and onions in a greased shallow 9 or 10 inch oven round.
• Sprinkle with cheddar and parmesan cheeses, arrange canembert on top.
• Whisk eggs, cream, milk and flour together in bowl; pour over cheeses in dish.
• Bake uncovered at 350F for about 25 or 30 minutes, or until just set.