Nova Scotia Crab Quiche Food

CRAB QUICHE

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter until soft.
• Add crabmeat, stir until heated through.
• Sprinkle the bottom of the pie shell with Parmesan Reggian cheese.
• Place crab and onion mixture in pie shell.
• Sprinkle with feta cheese and then top with grated Swiss cheese on top of the crabmeat mixture.
• Mix eggs, cream, salt, and cayenne pepper.
• Slowly pour mixture over ingredients in pie shell.
• Bake on the top rack of the oven at 375 degrees until done, about 25 minutes.
• Cool before slicing.
• Serve at room temperature.

NOVA SCOTIA CRAB QUICHE

Steps:

• Line 8 2" aluminum tart pans with thinly rolled pastry.
• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Combine and stir mushrooms with brandy or lemon juice.
• Shred crab, removing any hard parts.
• Fill each tart with alternate layers of mushrooms, crab and grated cheese.
• Beat eggs, flour, nutmeg, salt and cream.
• Pour equally over each tart.
• Place in baking pan and bake 20-30 mins or until custard is set, and top is golden brown.
• If you are preparing this in advance, cool thoroughly and wrap each tart in square foil. Refrigerate or freeze.
• To reheat, unwrap and place in a 375F oven 10-15 mins.

JOHN TRAVOLTA'S CRAB QUICHE

Steps:

• To make the dough, put chilled butter, shortening, flour, and salt in a mixer with a paddle attached.
• Mix on medium until blended, about 3-4 minutes.
• (It will look like cornmeal.) Then add the water.
• As soon as the dough comes together, turn the mixer off.
• This should only take about 10 seconds.
• (Do not over mix) Take dough out of machine and chill in refrigerator for about 1 hour.
• Prepare the custard by mixing all ingredients together.
• Roll out dough to about 1/4-inch thick.
• Line the bottom of a 9-inch pie dish.
• Sprinkle 1/2 of each cheese on the bottom.
• Add crab meat.
• Sprinkle herbs over crab meat.
• Sprinkle on the rest of the cheese.
• Pour custard over all the ingredients almost to the top of the pie dish.
• Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325 degrees F.
• Let stand 30 minutes before serving.
• (Recipe courtesy The National Enquirer).

CRUSTLESS CRAB QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Spray an 8 inch glass pie plate with a nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• Thaw and thoroughly drain the crab meat, then flake.
• Mix together crab meat, cheese and onions, then with the back of a spoon, press mixture over bottom and up sides of sprayed pie plate.
• Whisk together in a medium mixing bowl beating eggs, milk, salt, mustard and pepper.
• Pour over crab meat mixture, then sprinkle with paprika and bake until set, about 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
• Variation: Shelled and deveined cooked shrimp may be substituted for crab meat.

SCALLION CRAB QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, sour cream, milk, butter, flour, salt and pepper until thoroughly blended.
• Fold in crab, cheese and onions, blending well, spread into prepared pie shell.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

QUICK CRAB QUICHE

Steps:

• Sprinkle crabmeat and cheese into pie shell.
• Beat together remaining ingredients.
• pout over crabmeat and cheese.
• Bake in a preheated 357 degree oven 30-35 minutes until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 5 minutes before serving.