Name: Crab Quiche
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8, 8 servings
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 9-inch frozen deep dish pie shell (thawed, unbaked); 5 large eggs; 1 1/2 cups half and half cream (10% b.f.); 2 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives (plus whole chives for topping, or 1/2 teaspoon dried chives); 2 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley (or 1/2 teaspoon dried); 2 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro (or 1/2 teaspoon dried, or omit and use more parsley); 1/4 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning (or substitute a pinch of celery salt and a pinch of paprika); 1/2 teaspoon fine salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 cup Gruyere cheese (grated, or substitute Swiss or Emmental); 1/2 lb. lump crabmeat (canned or thawed if frozen, and picked over)

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Crab Quiche

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 8 · 50m total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

305KCAL

Protein

16g33% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat20g

26%

Saturated9g

45%

Unsaturated11g

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Total Carbs14g

Fiber0g

Total Sugars3g

—

incl. Added Sugars1g

Starch10g

—

Sodium499mg

22%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A savory quiche with lump crabmeat, herbs, and Gruyere cheese in a flaky pie crust. Elegant and easy, good for brunch or a light dinner.

Ingredients

8 SERVINGS

1frozen deep-dish pie shell — unbaked, thawed
5large eggs
1½ cupshalf and half cream
2 tbspfinely chopped fresh chives — or dried chives
2 tbspfinely chopped fresh parsley — or dried parsley
2 tbspfresh cilantro — finely chopped, or dried cilantro or parsley
¼ tspOld Bay seasoning — or celery salt or paprika
½ tspfine salt
¼ tspblack pepper
⅛ tspnutmeg — ground
1 cupGruyere cheese — grated, or Swiss cheese or Emmental
½ lblump crabmeat — picked over, canned or thawed if frozen, 227 g

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Method

50m total

Read the method on Seasons and SuppersJennifer Maloney’s original page

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mainamericanegg dishshellfishgluten freevegetarian

Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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