Mini Cheese Quiche Recipe

Mini Cheese Quiches are a finger friendly version of a total size classic quiche.  With a rich, velvety smoothen filling too a flaky crust, that makes this a terrific, delicious appetizer or low-cal tiffin perfect amongst a fresh light-green salad.

You’ve seen the tasty store-bought frozen mini quiches at covered dish events, too belike noticed they ever disappear quickly.  These homemade Mini Cheese Quiche direct keep delicious to the side past times side flat amongst a hint of cayenne too a melt-in-your oral cavity filling loaded amongst creamy smoked apple tree gouda cheese.

 

 

First, these Mini Cheese Quiches are made amongst store-bought pie dough so the training is super easy.  There’s no exceptional science needed to whip upward a batch of these cheesy treats for your side past times side event.  And, my favorite tidbit, they tin live on made ahead too rewarmed only earlier serving … bonus!

 

 

Finally, these picayune 1 seize amongst teeth wonders are packed amongst season too are a flake addictive, thus you’ve been warned!  Be certain to permit them cool a infinitesimal earlier popping inward your mouth, only saying.  Burning the roof of your oral cavity is non fun.

 

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Mini Cheese Quiche Recipe

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

Mini Cheese Quiches direct keep a velvety smoothen filling, rich season too a flaky crust - the perfect appetizer! Easily made ahead too rewarmed when needed

Course:

Appetizer

Servings: 24 appetizers

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  1
  14-ounce store-bought bundle pie dough (2 dough rounds)
  


• 
  2/3
  cup
  half-and-half
  


• 
  2
  large eggs
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  pepper
  


• 
  1/2
  cup
  grated Apple Smoked Gouda cheese
  


• 
  1/8
  teaspoon
  cayenne pepper
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  minced chives
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
   
   


2. 
   
   Lightly spray a 24-cup mini muffin tin amongst vegetable spray.
   
   


3. 
   
   Lightly flour a build clean run surface too unroll 1 pastry round. Using a rolling pin, curlicue out the dough thus it's large plenty to cutting nigh 12 (3-inch) circular circles. You should solely direct keep to enlarge the circle past times nigh an inch or so. Using a 3-inch circular cookie cutter, cutting 12 circles too fix aside. Repeat amongst the remaining dough round. Gather the scraps of dough too re-roll if necessary. Discard remaining scraps.
   
   


4. 
   
   Place 1 dough circular into each of the 24 muffin tin cups. Gently press the dough into the bottom too sides of each cup. The dough should live on slightly inward a higher identify the rim of the pan.
   
   


5. 
   
   Sprinkle each dough circular amongst the cayenne pepper.
   
   


6. 
   
   Partially bake the unfilled shells for nigh 12 minutes. Remove from the oven too cool spell preparing the filling.
   
   


7. 
   
   Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees.
   
   


8. 
   
   In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the half-and-half, eggs, salted, too pepper until good blended. Transfer the egg mixture to a 2-cup mensuration loving cup amongst a spout for pouring. Place the muffin tin on a baking sheet. Divide the cheese amid the shells, too thus fill upward amongst the egg mixture. Top each quiche amongst minced chives too thus bake inward the preheated oven (at 300 degrees) for xv minutes or until the eggs are puffy too the shells lightly browned.
   
   


9. 
   
   Serve warm or room temperature.
   
   

Recipe Notes

Adapted from America's Test Kitchen All-Time Best Appetizers

Variations: Add diced ham or crumbled cooked bacon for a meaty version. Add a small-scale sliced cherry tomato plant on tumble out of each quiche or garnish amongst sparse sliced light-green onions if desired.

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• Spicy Southwestern Spinach Dip from Saving Room for Dessert


• Cheesy Hatch Green Republic of Chile Dip from The View from Great Island


• Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Ball from Dinner at the Zoo

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Tricia

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