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In the Kitchen with…Anna (a.k.a. Hot Chick with a Skillet #1)

28 Jul

No, I didn’t fall off the face of the earth. I did, on the other hand, finally get a chance to share another installment of “In the Kitchen with…” This time it’s a two parter, and it’s also known as “Hot Chicks with Skillets”. I got together with a couple of ladies and we (really they) cooked up two dishes in one day.

Today we’ll start with Anna’s quiche, and the second part will be crab cakes by the lead of the Hot Chicks with Skillets, Lyuba.

For the Quiche recipe you will need the following ingredients (the proportions will depend on the size of the quiche you will be preparing):
Red onion
Eggs
Mushrooms
Red Bell Peppers
Oil and butter (for cooking)
Shredded cheese (Anna used a blend of four cheeses)
Pillsbury crescent roll

mushrooms, eggs, red bell peppers, onions, pillsbury crescent roll, shredded cheese, oil, eggs, cream cheese

First thing is to cut up the onion, add butter and oil to a heated skillet, and add the cut up onion to the skillet

Saute the onions on the skillet, while the onions are sauteing, chop up the mushrooms and add the mushrooms to the skillet with the cut up onion. Continue sauteing the onion and mushrooms until both are softened.

While the mushrooms and onions are sauteing, add eggs and cream cheese to a mixing bowl and mix until well blended, add shredded cheese and mix until well combined.

Chop up the red bell pepper and add the pepper as well as the cooked mushrooms and onion mixture to the egg and cheese mixture. Mix all the ingredients until well combined

Unroll the Pillsbury crescent roll dough and line a baking dish (in our case it was a glass, oven-safe bowl
). Fill the baking dish with the quiche mixture and place in the oven. Bake the quiche at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, for approximately 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the quiche.

Finally, here is the hard working chef with her final creation!

The quiche was delish!

 

Visit to Reno Part 1…Ham and Spinach Quiches

30 Sep

This past weekend we visited our friends in Reno. Y and S were awesome hosts as usual. We had a great time, relaxed, enjoyed our friends and of course had great food. What kind of food blogger would I be if I didn’t share some of the awesome dishes we feasted on during the weekend. I won’t overwhelm you with all of them at once and will share them one at a time.

So let’s start with the first dish. Upon our arrival we were greeted with excitement and a full table of food. One of the delicious items on the table were Ham and Spinach Quiches.
Quiche

Y was kind enough to share her recipe with me, and I’ll be kind enough to share it with you. By the way you can find Y’s other recipes on her blog She Suggests…

For the Savory Tart Dough:
1 3/4 cup flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup unsalted butter
1 egg lightly beaten
½ tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 cup ice water or more if needed
Combine flour, salt and butter in a food processor. Pulse until mixture forms coarse crumbs. In a small bowl whisk together eggs, lemon juice, and water. With the motor running add the egg mixture and process until dough comes together. Y found the dough recipe to be a bit bland, so she recommends adding other things to spice it up, definitely a little more salt! Wrap the dough in saran wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

For the Quiche Filling:
1 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter
2 finely chopped shallots
1 cup (2 oz.) baby spinach (regular spinach also works)
1 egg
2/3 cup heavy cream
½ teaspoon dijon mustard
salt and freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons of red bell pepper (can be substituted for red pepper flakes)
1 oz. ham
2 oz. Gruyère cheese, finely grated

Roll out the dough to 1/8 inch, use a 2 inch biscuit cutter (for mini muffin tins, and larger for bigger ones) to cut out as many rounds as possible. Put the dough into muffin tins (sprayed.) Preheat oven to 400 F degrees. In a pan melt the butter over low heat. Add shallots and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Raise heat to medium low, add spinach and cook stirring constantly until wilted (about 1 minute). Separately whisk together the egg, cream, mustard, salt and pepper. Add the spinach mixture, bell pepper, ham and cheese to egg mixture and stir. Divide filling among cups. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

As I was the taster, I can tell you that these were very tasty.

Enjoy!

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