Mushroom And Blue Cheese Quiche Recipes

Steps:

• To make the pastry, tip the flour and butter into a bowl, then rub together with your fingertips until completely mixed and crumbly. Add 8 tbsp cold water, then bring everything together with your hands until just combined. Roll into a ball and use straight away or chill for up to 2 days. The pastry can also be frozen for up to a month.
• Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a round about 5cm larger than a 25cm tin. Use your rolling pin to lift it up, then drape over the tart case so there is an overhang of pastry on the sides. Using a small ball of pastry scraps, push the pastry into the corners of the tin (see picture, above left). Chill in the fridge or freezer for 20 mins. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
• While the pastry is chilling, heat the butter in a pan and cook the leeks for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until they soften. Then turn up the heat and add the mushrooms. Cook for 5 mins more, then turn off the heat.
• Lightly prick the base of the tart with a fork, line the tart case with a large circle of greaseproof paper or foil, then fill with baking beans. Blind-bake the tart for 20 mins, remove the paper and beans, then continue to cook for 5-10 mins until biscuit brown
• While the tart case cooks, beat the eggs in a bowl, then gradually add the cream. Stir in the leeks, mushrooms and half the cheese. Season, then tip the filling into the tart case. Sprinkle with the rest of the cheese, then bake for 20-25 mins until set and golden brown. Leave to cool in the case, trim the edges of the pastry, then remove and serve in slices.

Steps:

• Make or buy a prepared shortbread pastry crust and line a pie tin with it.
• Cook the mushrooms and lemon juice until "dryish".
• Pour this mixture into the pie shell along with the blue cheese, scallions and bacon.
• In a separate bowl, lightly beat the remaining ingredientss and add them to the pie shell.
• Cook at 350 (maybe hotter-recipe says "hot oven") for 45 minutes until browned and puffy.

Steps:

• Pastry Method.
• Using a pastry blender, blend the butter into the flour until the mix resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
• Add water a little at a time until the pastry comes together to form a ball.
• Chill for 15 minutes.
• Roll out thinly to line a 20-24cm flan tin.
• Filling Method.
• Sauté mushrooms and onions with a little butter until soft.
• Cover the bottom of the uncooked pastry crust with grated cheese and then the mushroom and onion.
• Mix together eggs, cream, milk and season with salt and pepper.
• Pour into the pie crust and then sprinkle with blue cheese.
• Bake at 220°C for 20-30 minutes until set and serve.

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. Remove from the oven; reduce heat to 375°., Meanwhile, in a small skillet, saute mushrooms and onions in butter until tender. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, cream and pepper. Using a slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms and onions to egg mixture. Stir in cheese and bacon. , Pour into crust. Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked quiche. To use, remove from freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Preheat oven to 375°. Place quiche on a baking sheet; cover edge loosely with foil. Bake as directed, increasing time as necessary for a knife inserted in the center to come out clean.