Mini Quiche
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Savory Mini Vegetable Quiche recipe for a wonderful appetizer or brunch entree!
Do you eat quiche?
There used to be a buzz line that "Real Men don't eat Quiche." Well, I say real men (and women, and kids too) eat Quiche! How about you?
Gather your Ingredients for Savory Mini Veggie Quiche!
All you need are eggs, milk, cheese, mushrooms, zucchini, onion, fresh garlic, bacon, and pie crust (I use ready made, but you can make your own).
Get a great mini muffin pan
I have 2, one wasn't enough
Chop the veggies to make mini quiche
Chopping is easier with a great chopper!

I use a chopper to chop the zuchinni, mushrooms, onion, and the bacon.
Get a great chopper
I love my Pampered Chef Chopper!
Pampered Chef Food Chopper (2585)
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I love my food chopper. I can chop onions without crying! A hand chopper is easy to use and easy to clean up. The more times you hit the chopper, the finer your food will be chopped. I use mine for everything from veggies to meats. It's great to chop nuts for recipes, and you can keep them contained because it has a base "lid." Just chop and empty into your measuring cups or mixing bowls. You can use it directly on the cutting board for larger chopping jobs too. Easy dishwasher clean up too!
Roll out and cut your pie crust
Cut out flower shapes to make pretty mini quiche

I use ready made pie crust. I cut the flower shapes out with the bottom of my fluted bread pan or you can use a floral cookie cutter. Reroll and recut the extra crust until you have filled all of the mini muffin cups.
Cut a pretty crust for your mini quiche
Use a tart tamper to push the mini quiche crust into the mini muffin pan.

A tart tamper assures that your crust is evenly placed in the mini muffin pan's cups.
Get a tart tamper!
Wooden Tart Tamper
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It used to be so hard to make mini quiche crusts. I could never seem to get them into the pan evenly or without ripping the crust. Then I discovered the tart tamper. Now I simply put my crust over the muffin pan opening and gently push down with the tamper. If I am not cutting crusts for a pretty scalloped edge, I can simply put a ball of pie crust dough in the muffin pan and push down with the tart tamper. Instant crust! I also use mine for making brownie crusts for mini cookie bites.
Crusts ready to fill!

Aren't they pretty?
Mix all the other ingredients together

Use a small cookie scoop to fill the mini quiche crusts
The small scoop gives the perfect amount every time

It is so easy to fill the mini quiche crust with just the right amount of filling when you use a small cookie scoop!
Get a cookie scoop
Great for quiches, cookies and more!
Bake your Mini Quiche at 375 degrees
Ready to go into the oven!
One pan full is never enough. Get 2 mini muffin tins so you can make 48 appetizers at a time!
One mini muffin pan is never enough!
Get another one on ebay!
Yum! Mini Quiche hot out of the oven!

Now all you need is to put them on a pretty serving plate. My tip for getting your mini quiche out of the muffin pan--gently tap the muffin pan against the stove top when you take the pan out of the oven. This loosens them so they pop out easily!
Savory appetizers or sweet ones?
Which do you prefer?
I love savory appetizers like mini vegetable quiche. But some people prefer sweet appetizers (brownie bites anyone?) How about you?
Savory or Sweet?

I prefer Savory Appetizers
Deadicated says:
I never met an appetizer I didn't like, but I guess if I had to choose it would be Savory.
Blessedmombygrace says:
I like Savory appetizers, but won't turn down the sweets either!
Give me the sweets!
Ladymermaid says:
Sweet sweets for me please :)
Everyone will love you when you bring these beautiful, delicious Mini Quiche to your next gathering!
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Savory Mini Vegetable Quiche Recipe
This one is printable!

- Serves: 24 mini quiche
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 package (15 ounce) refrigerated pie crusts (2 crusts)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 4 slices bacon crisply cooked and chopped
- 1/2 cup finely chopped zucchini
- 1/2 cup finely chopped mushrooms
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 garlic clove pressed
- dash of ground black pepper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375. Let pie crusts stand at room temperature for 15 minutes. Lightly spray mini muffin pan with non-stick spray. Whisk milk and eggs together. Chop bacon, zucchini, onion, and mushrooms. Press garlic. Add veggies and bacon and dash of black pepper to egg mixture and mix well. Roll one pie crust out onto lightly floured surface and cut out pastry pieces with fluted bread pan edge or cookie cutter. Press one pastry piece into each muffin cup using tart tamper. repeat with remaining crust to fill all muffin cups. Using small scoop, fill each muffin cup with a rounded scoop of veggie/egg mixture. Bake 17-20 minutes or until crusts are light, golden brown. Cool in pan 2 minutes; carefully remove mini quiches from pan.
Are you ready to make mini quiche?
What else do you like to make?
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Ladymermaid
Apr 17, 2012 @ 7:19 am | delete
- Your mini quiche are so cute in their petal shape crusts. Deliciously yummy but the best part is that they are also good for you. What a great breakfast to start the day.
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sherioz Mar 1, 2012 @ 12:33 am | delete
- This is terrific. I love quiche and I never thought of making minis. Love the crust flower idea. Gonna invite some people over just for the excuse to make these.
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Deadicated
Jan 1, 2012 @ 8:29 pm | delete
- You bet, especially since I just shelled out close to $20 for a box of 40 hors d' oeuvres. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed this Lens.
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poutine
Jan 1, 2012 @ 8:04 am | delete
- Superb presentation and looking delicious.
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homeschoolmomof4
Dec 20, 2011 @ 2:37 pm | delete
- Ryan's mouth is watering as he is ready over my shoulder. They look yummy.
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