Wild Mushroom Quiche With Walnut Crust Recipes

Steps:

• Wash and slice zucchini into 1-inch thick rounds. Scoop out the center with melon baller, trying to remove as much flesh as possible without puncturing the bottom. Set the hollow zucchini on a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Saute onions in butter until light brown. Add sliced mushrooms, and cook over medium high flame until soft. Add wine, chicken stock, if using, salt, and pepper and cook until liquid is evaporated and set aside.
• Whisk eggs and milk until smooth. Fill zucchini with a little mushroom mixture, pine nuts, and fill to top with egg and milk mixture. Top with cheese and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 15 minutes, until the cheese browns.

Steps:

• Wash and slice zucchini into 1-inch thick rounds. Scoop out the center with melon baller, trying to remove as much flesh as possible without puncturing the bottom. Set the hollow zucchini on a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Sauté onions in butter until light brown. Add sliced mushrooms, and cook over medium high flame until soft. Add wine, chicken stock, if using, salt, and pepper and cook until liquid is evaporated and set aside.
• Whisk eggs and milk until smooth. Fill zucchini with a little mushroom mixture, pine nuts, and fill to top with egg and milk mixture. Top with cheese and bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 15 minutes, until the cheese browns.

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:

• 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 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.