Crab Quiche

How can you not love a dish that is easy to make, easy to serve, tastes delicious, travels well and perfect for brunch, lunch and dinner. I even like it leftover for breakfast! Crab Quiche recipe is a keeper.

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Crab quiche is baked until set and can be served either hot, room temperature or cold making it a great choice when you don’t want to have last minute preparations. Ideal for a baby or bridal shower, a special brunch, Easter breakfast or Mother’s Day.

We have it on our dinner rotation. Add a nice salad or fresh green beans and you have a lovely meal.

What is a quiche

A quiche is a French tart consisting of a bottom crust and filled with a savory egg and cream custard usually with pieces of meat, seafood or vegetables and shredded cheese. It is baked and can be served either hot, room temperature or cold.

Preparing the crust

Using a refrigerated pie crust or your own homemade crust, line a 9-inch deep dish pie pan. The curst needs a few minutes of pre baking. This is called BLIND BAKING.

How to blind bake a pie crust

Sometimes the crust will shrink into the empty pie dish as it bakes. Here is how to prevent this:

• After transfering the crust to the baking dish, trim the edges so it overlaps the edge by about an inch all the way around. Tuck the edges up and under then flute or crimp them.  
• Put it in the refrigerator to chill for 10 minutes.
• Line the crust with a double layer or heavy foil or parchment paper, and fill it with pie weights or even dried beans.
• Bake as directed.

Blind bake the pie shell at 350 degrees F. for 5 minutes.

Cool pie shell.

Combine eggs, flour, mayonnaise and milk in a bowl and mix well.

Stir in the cheddar and Swiss cheese.

Add the minced onion, pepper, pimentos and Old Bay Seasoning.

Stir in the crab.

Spoon the mixture into the cooled pie shell.

Bake for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. 

Allow to rest at least 1o minutes; slice and serve.

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Crab Quiche

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Yield 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

• 1  9-inch deep pie crust, blind baked 5 minutes and cooled. (see how-to above)
• 1/2 pound package imitation crab meat
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 4 ounce shredded Swiss cheese
• 4 ounce shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning (optional)
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped green pepper
• 2 teaspoons pimentos

Note: You can use backfin or lump crab for this recipe but will obviously be more expensive. 

DIRECTIONS

Bake the pie shell at 350 degrees F. for 5 minutes.

Cool pie shell.

Combine eggs, flour, mayonnaise and milk in a bowl and mix well.

Stir in the cheddar and Swiss cheese, the finely chopped onion, pepper, pimentos and Old Bay seasoning.

Stir in the crab.

Spoon the mixture into the cooled pie shell.

Bake for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. 

Allow to rest 1o minutes; slice and serve.

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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

Toni’s Cherry Balsamic Vinaigrette 

Bread rounds out this meal nicely whether you are serving for a brunch or dinner. You might want to try a yeast bread or a muffin. Here are a few favorites.

Cheese and Spinach Muffins are savory muffins and not too sweet.

But if you do want something with a little sweetness, especially for a brunch, easy this recipe for Orange Cranberry Streusel Muffins is perfect.

You can never go wrong serving up a homemade yeast bread. Homemade Potato Bread is a cinch to make letting a bread machine do all of the work. Just remove the dough when the cycle is complete, shape and bake into a single loaf or 3 mini loaves.

Finish with a perfect dessert!

Old-fashioned Applesauce cake with or without the caramel frosting is so yummy with coffee or tea at the end of a brunch but also a sweet ending to dinner.

Or perhaps you are looking for a dessert that is lighter. Creamy Peach Melba Trifle begins with a purchased or homemade Angel Food cake, fresh or canned peaches, raspberry preserves with a pudding mix, whipped topping and sweetened condensed milk for a dessert everyone loves.