Crab Quiche
"I like this served room temperature but the choice is yours...=) A variation of a recipe from Yankee Magazine."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons diced sweet onions
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 6 ounces crabmeat (I like to use fresh but canned will work, too ()
- 1 (9 inch) pie shells, partially baked for 10 minutes at 375 f
- 2 tablespoons parmigiano-reggiano cheese
- 2 cups grated swiss cheese
- 1⁄2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
directions
- Saute onion in butter until soft.
- Add crabmeat, stir until heated through.
- Sprinkle the bottom of the pie shell with Parmesan Reggian cheese.
- Place crab and onion mixture in pie shell.
- Sprinkle with feta cheese and then top with grated Swiss cheese on top of the crabmeat mixture.
- Mix eggs, cream, salt, and cayenne pepper.
- Slowly pour mixture over ingredients in pie shell.
- Bake on the top rack of the oven at 375 degrees until done, about 25 minutes.
- Cool before slicing.
- Serve at room temperature.
Questions & Replies
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What am I missing here? How do you print any of these recipes. I want to do this one, but there is no print option. -
I have some fresh spinach in the fridge, and fresh basil in the herb garden. I think I would like a bit of garlic too. Any comments or suggestions?
Reviews
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I made this today and it was fantastic. The blend of cheeses was perfect. I used three eggs instead of four as well as half and half instead of cream. I also put a bit of a Maryland twist to it and added Old Bay to the crab mixture. I will absolutely make this again! 5/22/10: Made this again, this time I added spinach, yum!!! -
This has to be one of the best quiches I've ever had! It was so easy to make, but the flavor was phenomenal! Such a great recipe for brunch. I can't wait to make it again. I followed the recipe exactly and it was a hit. -
I made this because we seriously overbought Alaskan king crab legs at Christmas and had a lot of leftover, expensive crab meat. I did use a shallot instead of the white onion, and I didn't use feta, instead using a mix of cheeses we already had in our fridge (gruyere, some gouda, some random white cheese left over from a mixed cheese tray). I also used paprika because we didn't have any cayenne. The recipe was great, a balance of delicate crab with the richness of the quiche. I will probably make it again with canned crab meat for special occasions. -
Like another reviewer, we had a lot of King Crab leftover from a party. I found this recipe and with a few modifications, made the quiche. I added shallots and onions, 1 clove minced garlic, dash of nutmeg, didn't have Feta Cheese so substituted Fontina and the recipe was FABULOUS! I will definitely make this many more times! -
Loved this crab quiche, but I did add spinach and garlic as another had suggested and used a Persian Lime Olive Oil to sauté in.
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Tweaks
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In the cream and egg mixture, I sprinkle some old baby, smoked paprika, thyme, pinch of sugar, onion powder, nutmeg, pepper and salt. I also add additional cheeses like gruyere and Asiago. It's good the first night, but tastes amazing the next day after the seasoning has settled in. -
paprika instead of cayenne, no feta, just used cheeses I had in the fridge, and a shallot instead of white onion because that is what I had on hand.
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I made this today and it was fantastic. The blend of cheeses was perfect. I used three eggs instead of four as well as half and half instead of cream. I also put a bit of a Maryland twist to it and added Old Bay to the crab mixture. I will absolutely make this again! 5/22/10: Made this again, this time I added spinach, yum!!!
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Aroostook
United States
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