Mushroom Crust Quiche Recipes

Steps:

• Grease a 9 inch pie pan and set aside.
• Melt 2 tbsps. butter over medium-high heat.
• Add the garlic powder, mix well.
• Add the mushrooms and saute until mushrooms are tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Add the cracker crumbs and mix well.
• Press the mixture over the bottom and up the side of the prepared pan.
• Melt 1 tbsp butter in the same skillet used for mushrooms.
• Add the green onions and saute until soft.
• Spread over mushroom crust.
• Sprinkle the Swiss cheese over the green onions.
• Combine the cottage cheese, eggs and cayenne in a blender and process until smooth (you can also use a stick blender).
• Pour over Swiss cheese.
• Sprinkle with paprika if desired.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the mushrooms, garlic and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms have browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Remove the skillet from the heat.
• Press the pie crust into a deep, 9-inch tart pan with a removeable bottom (or a deep-dish pie pan). Layer the mushrooms and spinach into the crust and top with the cheese.
• Whisk together the half-and-half, eggs and a good pinch of salt and pepper in a large bowl. Pour the egg mixture into the crust.
• Place the pan on a rimmed baking sheet. Lightly cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking until the quiche is set and the crust is golden brown, another 10 to 15 minutes. Let the quiche sit for 10 to 15 minutes, then remove from the pan, slice and serve.

Steps:

• Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 425° for 10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove foil; set the crust aside. , In a skillet, saute mushrooms in butter. Remove with a slotted spoon; set aside. In a bowl, toss cheese with flour; add eggs, milk, savory, salt and pepper. Stir in mushrooms. Pour into crust. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

Steps:

• Saute fresh mushrooms in butter until golden (about 10 minutes.
• Add bread crumbs and stir.
• Pat into a 9" pie plate.
• Combine remaining ingredients and spoon into crust.
• Bake in preheated 350F oven for 45 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes before slicing.

Steps:

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

Steps:

• 1. NOTE: If you chop everything with a food processor, this recipe goes very quickly! First add the saltine crackers and blend until fine crumbs. Empty the crackers from the food processor, and add the mushrooms. Empty the mushrooms into the pan with the 3 Tablespoons of butter, and add the cottage cheese, basil,garlic and pepper. (no need to clean out the food processor in between!)
• 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a 9 inch pie plate.
• 3. Melt 3 Tablespoons of butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and stir until tender, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat.
• 4. Add processed crackers to the mushrooms and mix well. Press into the pie plate, working the crust up the sides of the pie plate.
• 5. In the same skillet that you sauteed the mushrooms, add 1 tablespoon of butter. Add the green onions, and saute until softened, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle onions over the crust.
• 6. Add 2 cups of mozzarella cheese (or any cheese to your liking) on top of the onion layer.
• 7. Back to the food processor; combine the cottage cheese, basil,garlic and pepper. Process until creamy. Add the beaten eggs to the creamed cottage cheese mixture.
• 8. Pour cottage cheese/egg mixture over the shredded cheese layer, pouring evenly to cover the whole quiche. Sprinkle sweet paprika over the entire pie.
• 9. Bake until tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
• 10. NOTES: I can see so many variations of this recipe! Use any shredded cheese you like. Also, adding different spices to the cottage cheese would change the flavor. Different crackers would make unique flavor changes as well. Perhaps even sparingly add cook vegetables in addition to the onions.....the possibilities are endless! The crust and topping are what is unique in this recipe. Play with your food and have fun! :)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease a 9-inch pie plate.
• Saute` mushrooms in 3 tablespoons butter; stir in crackers. Press mixture into the pie pan; set aside.
• Cook onion in remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Spread onions over crust and sprinkle with cheese.
• In a blender or food processor, mix cottage cheese, eggs, and cayenne pepper until smooth. Pour mixture into the crust, and sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• 1. For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Pulse together the walnuts, flour, sugar, and salt to a fine meal in a food processor. Pulse in the butter until it forms a crumbly dough. Press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Place on a baking sheet and bake until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and let cool.
• 2. For the filling: Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the wild mushrooms, white mushrooms, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Lower the heat to medium; add the butter, shallots, and thyme. Cook, stirring frequently, until the mushrooms are tender, about 10 minutes more. Adjust the seasoning and set aside.
• 3. Combine the Parmesan and Comte cheeses in a small bowl and set aside. Scatter half the mushrooms and half the cheese evenly over the crust. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, and heavy cream until smooth and frothy. Pour half the egg mixture over the mushrooms. Repeat with the remaining mushrooms and egg mixture and top with the remaining cheese.
• 4. Bake the quiche until golden brown on top and just set with a little wiggle in the very center, 50 to 60 minutes. Run a clean paring knife between the crust and the pan to separate. Let cool slightly, about 25 minutes. Garnish the quiche with the parsley. Carefully remove the springform pan ring. Cut the quiche into wedges and serve warm or at room temperature with crisp greens.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Fit pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir green onions and garlic until green onions are softened, about 5 minutes. Cook and stir turkey bacon in the green onion mixture until fragrant.
• Stir spinach, shiitake mushrooms, and broccoli into green onion mixture; cook and stir vegetables until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese.
• Spoon vegetable mixture into the pie crust.
• Beat eggs, milk, sea salt, and black pepper together in a bowl; pour egg mixture gently over vegetable filling, slightly stirring eggs into the filling to combine.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes; sprinkle 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese over the top of the quiche and bake 10 additional minutes. Cover quiche with aluminum foil and bake until quiche has set and a toothpick inserted into the quiche comes out clean, about 10 more minutes.
• Allow quiche to cool for 5 minutes before serving.