Mushroom Cheese Quiche

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 276.1
  • Total Fat: 19.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 125.2 mg
  • Sodium: 504.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 14.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
  • Protein: 10.8 g

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Introduction

A very rich, fluffy quiche that is a perfect brunch entré A very rich, fluffy quiche that is a perfect brunch entré
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    One nine inch pie crust
    16 oz. Ricotta cheese
    ½ cup of whole milk
    3 large eggs
    8 oz white button mushrooms
    1 small onion, minced
    3 Tbsp unsalted butter
    1 tsp kosher salt
    Dash of black pepper
    ¼ tsp grated or ground nutmeg
    ½ tsp cardamom

Directions

Preheat oven to 425*

Melt butter in a sauté pan, and then add mushrooms and minced onion. Sauté until the mushrooms are reduced and the onions have turned a very light yellow. Remove from heat and cool.

Blend cheese and milk until smoothly incorporated. Then add eggs one at a time, blending after each egg. Blend in salt, pepper, nutmeg, and cardamom.

Gently fold the cooled vegetable mixture into the cheese mixture. Pour into your pie crust and bake for 35 minutes at 425*

Crimini mushrooms can be substituted for the buttons.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FAERIEBETH.