Smoked Salmon Quiche
- Prep time: 30 Minutes
- Cook time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
- Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c. gluten free baking mix
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2/3 c. butter, in pieces
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 6 oz. smoked salmon, flaked
- 5 lg. eggs
- 2 c. heavy cream
- 1/2 c. Dorothy Lynch
- 2 T. finely chopped fresh chives
- 2 T. finely chopped fresh parsley
- 2 T. finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 T. finely chopped fresh thyme
- 1/2 tsp. French Seafood Seasoning
- 1/8 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 c. grated Gruyere
- 1/2 c. grated Dubliner Cheese
- 1/4 c. grated Parmesan
- Prep time: 30 Minutes
- Cook time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
- Serves: 2
The Method
Crust (First four ingredients listed)
- Stir flour and salt together.
- Cut in butter until crumbly.
- Stir in the egg using a fork, just until the flour is moistened.
- Gather the dough into a ball, wrap it in waxed paper, and chill for two hours.
- Roll out and fit into a 9 (or) 10-inch pie or tart pan.
- Chill until firm, at least 30 minutes.
- Put oven rack in middle position and pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Line the shell with foil and fill with pie weights.
- Bake until pastry is pale golden along rim and set underneath foil, about 20 minutes.
- Carefully remove foil and weights and bake shell until bottom and sides are pale golden, about 10 minutes more.
- Cool completely in pie plate in pie plate on a rack, about 20 minutes.
Filling
- Sprinkle salmon and cheese onto pre-baked crust.
- Whisk together eggs, cream, Dorothy Lynch, herbs, seafood seasoning, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Carefully pour into the crust.
- Bake until filling puffs and is no longer wobbly in center when quiche is gently shaken, 40 to 50 minutes.
- Cool in pie plate on rack 15 minutes.
Note: 2016 Iowa State Fair 1st Place Winner
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