Deep Dish Quiche

I like to make Quiche for my family and when I do I usually make two, one spinach and mushroom and one bacon and mushroom. These Quiche are adapted from Julia Childs book The Way to Cook. I have made some changes to her recipe to make it deep dish.


Pie Crust
3 cups flour
1 cup plus 2 Tbs. cold butter
5 Tbs. shortening
3/8 cup cold water
1 1/2 tsp. salt
In a food processor:
Add the flour and salt into the bowl add butter and shortening and process until it resembles corn meal. With processor running slowly drizzle in the cold water. Turn out onto plastic wrap and using the wrap form into a disk. Place in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

Helpful hint: When rolling out pie dough lay out two long pieces of plastic wrap side by side slightly overlapping, place dough ball on top place another two sheets on top and roll out the dough between; no extra flour needed. to put the dough into the pie plate remove the top layer of plastic wrap and use the bottom to move your crust.

Roll out crusts and place in two deep dish Quiche pans, refrigerate crusts while you prepare the filling.

Bacon Mushroom Quiche
7 large eggs
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1/2 Tbs. dried parsley
7-8 pieces or cooked bacon (see my post for baked bacon)
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
1 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

Melt butter in a large skillet add onions and mushrooms, sauté until softened. Remove from heat and cut bacon into bite sized pieces into the same pan. Combine eggs, cream and seasonings whisk until smooth. Place bacon mixture into the bottom of the chilled crust add Swiss cheese and pour egg mixture on top. Sprinkle mozzarella on top and bake at 400 for 50 to 60 minutes, tent with foil for the first 40 to 45 minutes to prevent over browning, then uncover to finish browning.

Spinach Mushroom Quiche:
Prepare the same as the bacon mushroom, but substitute 5 to 6 large handfuls of fresh spinach for the bacon. Place fresh spinach in the cooking pan with the mushrooms after they are softened cook spinach just until wilted then proceed as listed above.