Moosewood Swiss Cheese And Mushroom Quiche Recipes

MOOSEWOOD SWISS CHEESE AND MUSHROOM QUICHE

Steps:

• Cover bottom of crust with swiss cheese.
• In a frying pan, melt butter and saute onions until soft and translucent.
• Add mushrooms, a dash or two of thyme and salt and pepper to taste and saute for 5 more minutes or until cooked through.
• Spoon veggies over cheese in pie crust.
• In a medium bowl, beat all of the custard ingredients together until thoroughly mixed.
• Pour custard over mushroom layer until pie is full (there might be some left over).
• Sprinkle paprika over the top and cook in a 375* oven for 40-45 minutes.

MUSHROOM AND FONTINA QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Unroll crust completely. Press firmly onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter deep-dish glass pie dish. Bake until light golden brown, pressing on sides of crust with back of spoon if crust begins to slide down sides of dish, about 17 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallots; sauté until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Add mushrooms; sprinkle with salt and pepper and sauté until mushrooms are tender and beginning to brown, about 8 minutes. Transfer to plate; spread out to cool slightly.
• Whisk eggs, half and half, milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and nutmeg in large bowl to blend. Stir in 1 cup Fontina cheese and sautéed mushrooms. Pour filling into crust. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup cheese over quiche.
• Bake quiche until puffed, golden brown, and just set in center, about 45 minutes. Cool 30 minutes. Cut into wedges.

SWISS CHEESE & MUSHROOM QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Melt butter in small pan. Add onions & saute over medium heat. When they begin to soften, add mushrooms, salt, pepper & thyme. Saute 5 minutes more and remove from heat.
• Combine eggs, milk, Tabasco, and flour in a blender or food processer.
• Spread cheese over bottom of pie crust, and spread onion/mushroom mixture on top. Pour egg mixture over that and top with tomato slices. Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake for 35-45 minutes, until solid in center. Test by inserting a knife in the center. If it comes out clean, the quiche is done.

SWISS CHEESE MUSHROOM QUICHE RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare crust: Cut together flour and butter until uniformly blended. (food processor works well for this) Add about 3 Tbl. cold buttermilk (or water) and blend until mixture holds together. Wrap and chill for 1 hour. Roll out dough and cover pie pan. Cover crust with grated Swiss cheese. Saute onion and mushrooms with butter, salt, pepper and dash of thyme. Cover cheese with mushroom mixture. Make a custard: Beat together eggs, milk, flour, salt and dry mustard. Pour over mushroom layer. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 375 degrees 40-45 minutes, or until solid in the center when jiggled. Let set until firm....10 - 15 minutes, before cutting. Variations: Substitute cheddar for Swiss cheese. Use tomato slices to cover cheese and or cooked bacon. Substitute scallions for onion. Add 1 tsp. horseradish.

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.