Quiches, two different ways- 10/1/09
I bellowed from my kitchen: "I am making a Quiche tonight!" and right away I get answer from Kevin: "Mom, can you make it the crunchy way?" "Well I was going to make a traditional Quiche, but sure I can make a few Quiches the way you like!"
The traditional quiche is baked with a pâte brisée, which is a French short crust pastry dough made from a mixture of flour, a little sugar, salt, butter, and ice water. It has a high ratio of fat to flour which gives the pastry its crumbly texture and buttery flavor. The other way I serve Quiche is to use burrito wrappers as the base, this is something I came up with. They are great for parties because they are crunchy, they are served as individual portion, great as finger food and they can also feed a crowd.
Traditional Quiches
Here are the traditional quiches made with a pâte brisée base. The pâte brisée is very rich and adds a nice texture to the quiche.
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Since I made too much filling I also baked individual portion quiche which are perfect for lunch. |
Here I paired the quiche with a tasty salad! |
Close look at the dish.
Second way at serving the Quiche (non traditional)
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Freshly out the oven. The burritos wrappers are crunchy and they are also very good. |
Close look at the individual quiche. |
Preparation work..
The filling
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Onions are sliced and sautéed until they are caramelized. |
The onions are caramelized (about 10 minutes) and set aside. |
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Mushrooms are sliced and sautéed in a hot pan |
Mixing the sautéed mushrooms with the caramelized onions. |
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Cream, milk, and eggs are added the onion and mushrooms mixture. |
Salt and pepper are added according to taste and this is the filling for the quiche. |
Traditional quiche!
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Lining the Quiche mold with pâte brisée |
Pouring the filling inside the molds. |
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Ready to go in the oven for about 30 to 40 minutes. |
Freshly out of the oven... |
Individual portion using burrito wrappers as base.
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Using a bowl to make small circles out of the burrito wrappers |
Inserting the circular burrito wrappers inside a muffin pan. |
Pouring the filling inside the burrito wrappers and they will go in the oven for about 20 minutes.
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