Spring

Quiche with Swiss Chard and Mushroom

January 27, 2014
4
2 Ratings
  • Serves 4-6
Author Notes

Delicious quiche with Swiss chard, mushrooms and aged gouda cheese. —Palatable Pastime

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 3 large pastured organic eggs
  • 1 heavy cream
  • 4 ounces white or crimini mushrooms, chopped
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion or shallot
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 5 ounces Swiss chard leaves (no stems), chopped
  • salt (to taste)
  • freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
  • 5 ounces Prima Donna aged Gouda cheese, shredded
  • 1 tablespoon cold butter, cut into small pieces
  • Dash nutmeg
  • 1 prepared pie crust or quiche pastry dough
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
  2. Beat room temperature eggs with heavy cream in a small bowl.
  3. Place pie crust in a deep-dish glass pie plate and crimp edges.
  4. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a saute pan and cook mushroom ond shallot until browned.
  5. Season vegetables to taste with salt and pepper and stir in chopped chard leaves, cooking only long enough to allow them to wilt; cool mixture.
  6. Sprinkle about 2 ounces of the cheese in the bottom of the pie crust and spread vegetables over that, then top with remaining cheese.
  7. Pour the custard (cream and egg) mixture over all.
  8. Make sure the cheese and vegetables are covered or wet with the custard mixture.
  9. Dot with butter pieces and sprinkle with nutmeg.
  10. Bake quiche uncovered, in a preheated oven, for about 45 minutes or until domed and puffy and custard is set.
  11. Allow to sit undisturbed for about 15 minutes before slicing and serving.

See what other Food52ers are saying.

1 Review

Gloria R. May 17, 2020
Made with gruyere, chard and baby bella mushrooms (all I had). Delicious.