Mini Cheddar Quiche Recipe
These satisfying little bites are great for snacking and can be used as a cute brunchtime party food. Because they’re made in individual, fairly portable portions, these quiches also make excellent breakfast in bed eggs. You don’t even need to bother with plates! (Don’t forget that eggs are among the world’s most popular aphrodisiac foods.)
Why this quiche recipe is anything but traditional
What we love most about this quiche recipe is the unconventionality. Quiche is a dish with a long history and tradition. Variations are rarely made that stray far from the original. Although the dish is connected with French culture, according to FoodReference.com, the dish is actually of German roots. The original quiche used an egg and cream custard filling with smokey bacon. The idea of cheese and vegetable fillings came along later.
You might be surprised to learn that quiches were originally made with a bread dough base. The pastry dough bottom that we know as traditional now, came along as the concept of this savory pie evolved.
This Cheddar Quiche recipe evolves the crust further, lightening it up from the traditional, high fat, flakey pie crust base and making the dish as individual, protein bombs, full of flavor but without too much crust. Best of all, no pie crust means no rolling! Making this quiche recipe takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish. This means you can roll out of bed, throw on that boyfriend shirt, whip up some quiches and be back in bed before the warmth of the covers ever leaves your body.
Mini quiche baking tips
You can make these cheddar quiches in standard muffin tins or, if you’d like to use them as passed hors d’oeuvres, make them in mini muffin cups.
Be sure to save the leftovers. They taste great cold, as a breakfast on the run. But if you’re looking to do breakfast in bed round two, heat them for just a few seconds in the microwave. (Be careful not to overheat or the eggs will become rubbery.)
Mini Cheddar Quiche Bites
Ingredients
- 4 Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup panko or regular bread crumbs
- 1/3 cup half-and-half
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 1-1/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese 5 oz.
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Generously spray 24 mini-muffin cups with cooking spray. (Use 6 full-size muffin cups to create individual portions for breakfast or brunch.)
- Pat 1/2 to 1 teaspoon crumbs in the bottom of each muffin cup. Tap muffin pan to lightly coat sides of each muffin cup.
- Beat eggs, half-and-half, salt and pepper in medium bowl until blended. Add cheese; mix well.
- Spoon evenly into mini-muffin cups, about 1 tablespoon each.
- Bake in 350°F oven until just set, 12 to 15 minutes. (Cook 20-22 for large muffin cups.)
- Cool on rack 5 minutes.
- Loosen quiches from sides of muffin cups with a thin knife. Remove from cups; serve warm.
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