Mini Quiche Appetizers Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray 36 mini muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and crumble in sausage. Cook and stir until sausage is crumbly and evenly browned, about 10 minutes . Drain and discard any excess grease.
• Sprinkle sausage, Cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, and green onion evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
• Beat eggs, potato flakes, and cream together in a bowl; season with salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture evenly over the sausage-cheese mixture in the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until quiches are set in the middle and lightly browned, about 22 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat a 6-quart air fryer to 325˚ F. Line the air fryer basket with foil and coat with cooking spray. Arrange the phyllo cups in the basket in an even layer. Divide the chorizo, scallion and cheese among the cups.
• Whisk the eggs with the heavy cream and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper; pour into the phyllo cups. Cook until the eggs are puffed, 5 to 7 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Cut 3 inches from the tip-ends of the asparagus; reserving remaining stalks for another use. Generously add salt to boiling water. Add asparagus and cook until just tender, about 2 minutes; Drain. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, heavy cream, eggs, yolk, and nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper. Strain through a sieve into a medium bowl; set aside.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out pate brisee to slightly less than 1/8-inch thick. Using a 2 3/4-inch round cutter, cut out 24 rounds. Fit rounds into a 24-cup nonstick mini muffin tin. If the pate brisee becomes too soft to work with, place in refrigerator to chill for 15 minutes. Divide half of the cheese, evenly between the lined cups. Top with ham. Divide milk mixture evenly between cups. Top each with 3 to 4 pieces of asparagus. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake until puffed and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately remove quiches from muffin tin and transfer to a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 12x18-inch baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place tart shells on the prepared baking sheet and prick the sides and bottoms with a fork.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. The partial cook will help keep the pastry crispy on the bottom. Allow shells to cool slightly, in the pan, about 10 minutes.
• To make the mini-quiches: when shells are cooled but still warm, place 1 tablespoon Cheddar cheese in the bottom of 8 of the partially-baked tart shells. To 4 of the Cheddar-filled shells, add 1/2 piece of bacon, crumbled, and 1 tablespoon bell pepper. To the remaining 4 Cheddar-filled shells, add 1 tablespoon diced ham, 1 tablespoon broccoli, and 1/8 teaspoon thyme.
• Place 1 tablespoon Gruyere on the bottom of remaining partially-baked tart shells. To each of 4 of the Gruyere-filled shells, add 1 tablespoon cooked onion, 1 tablespoon of cooked, minced mushrooms, and 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder. To each of the remaining Gruyere-filled shells, add 1/4 of the diced prosciutto, 1 tablespoon cooked spinach, 1/8 teaspoon Italian seasoning blend, and a pinch of nutmeg, if using, to taste.
• Briskly stir eggs together with cream, salt, and pepper in a medium mixing bowl. Pour 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons of the egg mixture into each of the 16 filled shells.
• Top the bacon/bell pepper mini quiches with a cherry tomato half. Top the ham/broccoli mini quiches with 1 teaspoon diced red onion. Top the onion/mushroom mini quiches with 1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley, and top the prosciutto/spinach mini quiches with 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh basil.
• Place mini quiches in the oven, and reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake until the egg mixture is set and the crust is lightly browned, 30 to 35 minutes. Allow to cool on a rack, about 10 minutes. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 mini-muffin cups.
• Beat cream cheese and butter until well combined. Add flour; mix until a dough forms. Divide dough into 24 balls and refrigerate.
• Whisk eggs and milk together in a bowl. Stir Monterey Jack cheese, chorizo sausage, green chiles, red onion, cilantro, garlic powder, black pepper, ground cumin, cayenne pepper, and salt into the egg mixture.
• Place one dough ball into each prepared muffin cup; press dough gently into the base and sides to form a dough cup. Spoon egg mixture to fill each dough cup.
• Bake in preheated oven until center of quiche is set, 25 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF. Lightly coat (3) nonstick mini muffin pans with cooking spray or butter.
• In a skillet, saute the mushrooms until dry and lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add the shallots to the skillet and saute until they are translucent. Place in a mixing bowl. In the same skillet with a little bit of butter, saute the spinach until it is just wilted but still bright green, about 2 minutes. Add to mixing bowl.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, eggs whites, milk and salt and pepper.Add in the cheese, the ham and the other sauteed ingredients. Mix well and spoon into muffin pans until they are about 1/2 full.
• Bake until the quiches are well risen and golden brown, about 20 or 25 minutes. When done cool in the muffin pan for 5 minutes.
• Optional ingredients:.Cooked bacon or sausage.; Chopped red or green pepper, sauteed.; Leek, chopped and sauteed.; Any kind of cheese, shredded.; Cooked broccoli, finely chopped.; Nutmeg, a dash to taste.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 mini muffin pans. In a large skillet over medium heat, fry bacon and onion together for about 5 minutes, or until bacon is crisp. Drain and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat the eggs. Stir in the baking mix, parsley, shredded cheese, bacon and onion. Spoon into greased muffin cups.
• Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the tops are lightly browned. Allow mini quiches to cool in the pan before carefully removing with a small knife or spatula.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Separate each biscuits into 5 equal pieces.
• Press onto the bottom, and up the sides of 24 ungreased miniature muffin cups.
• Fill each cup with 2 tsp crab and one tsp Swiss cheese.
• In a small bowl, combine the egg, milk, dill weed and salt. Spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons into each cup.
• Bake for about15-20 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.
• Let stand for about 5 minutes before removing from pan. Serve warm.
• Note: the computer and I fought over the tube of refridgerated buttermilk biscuits. The recipe states 1 (16.3 oz) tube of large buttermilk biscuits.

Steps:

• Lightly grease 36 miniature muffin tins.
• In a bowl beat butter with cream cheese and flour until smooth.
• Shape tablespoons of dough into balls.
• Press 1 ball into the bottom and up the sides of each greased muffin cup.
• Cover lightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate the tins until ready to fill.
• In a skillet cook the sausage meat until no longer pink; drain fat and cool slightly.
• Divide the sausage meat into each prepared dough/muffin tin.
• Sprinkle a small amount of Swiss cheese over the top of the sausage meat then some green onions over the cheese.
• In a bowl whisk the eggs with cream and black pepper.
• Pour the egg mixture into each shell then sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for about 20-25 minutes or until browned.