Hillarys Vegetarian Quiche Food

HILLARY'S VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Steps:

• For Crust:.
• Cut shortening into flour and salt until it resembles coarse meal.
• Sprinkle with ice water as needed and toss gently just until dough ball forms; do not overmix.
• Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• On floured board roll dough into 13-inch circle.
• Fit into 10-inch porcelain quiche pan, cover with waxed paper and weigth with beans or pie weights;bake 15 minutes.
• Remove beans or weights; brush bottom and sides of crust with beaten yolk.
• Reduce oven heat to 375 degrees.
• For Filling:.
• Melt butter in medium skillet.
• Add onion,spinach and mushrooms and saute until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Sprinkle cheese(s) into crust; top with spinach mixture.
• Blend remaining ingredients and pour over spinach.
• Bake 1 hour until knife inserted into center comes out clean.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

VEGETARIAN SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Unroll the pastry dough and press it into a 9-inch pie pan. (You do not need to grease the pan.) Fold the edges of the pastry over and crimp.
• Cover the pastry with a double layer of aluminum foil, and bake for 8 minutes. Then, remove the foil and bake for 4 more minutes. You do not need to prick the pastry - it's okay if it bubbles a little. Remove the pie crust from oven and reduce heat to 325 degrees.
• Meanwhile, following the directions on the package, fry the bacon in a skillet. Remove bacon from skillet, break into bite-size pieces, and set aside. Heat up the diced onions in the excess oil from the bacon, or add oil if needed. The onions don't need to be fully sauteed, just cook them over medium heat for a couple minutes to soften them up a bit.
• Next, drain the spinach, squeezing all of the excess water out. Beat the eggs in a large bowl, and add milk, bacon pieces, onion, spinach, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, mix together cheese and flour, then add this to the egg mixture.
• Line the crimped outer edges of the pie crust with foil. Pour the egg mixture into the warm crust. Bake for 45 minutes, or until egg mixture feels firm and set, crust is golden brown, and toothpick comes out clean.

VEGETARIAN QUICHE WITH POTATO CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Press shredded potatoes into a lightly oiled large deep dish pie pan (I use a second glass pie plate to smash them into shape).
• Place pie plate in oven for 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are just beginning to brown.
• While potato-crust is cooking, work on the veggies.
• Brush fry pan with olive oil and saute the onions and peppers until onions are transparent, remove from heat.
• Cook the broccoli (and optional carrots) until slightly tender -- either by steaming for about 5 minutes or zapping in a covered microwavable dish with a splash of water for about 2 minutes.
• Beat the eggs in a bowl with the evaporated milk.
• After removing the potatoes from the oven, sprinkle about 2/3 cup of the cheese over the potato crust.
• Spread the cooked onions and peppers evenly in the pie pan.
• Spread the broccoli (and carrots) evenly over the onions and peppers.
• Sprinkle the crumbled veggie bacon over the veggies. This should basically fill the deep dish pie pan completely.
• Sprinkle the rest of cheese over the veggies.
• Carefully pour the milk and egg mixture into the deep dish pie pan.
• Place in the oven (I usually have a cookie sheet underneath to catch any spills) for 45 minutes or until egg is cooked and firm.
• Cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.