Recipe: Yummy Smoked Salmon Quiche

Smoked Salmon Quiche. Smoked salmon quiche made with a layer of cream cheese and mozzarella cheese is a specialty brunch item for your family and friends. On a lightly floured surface, unroll crust. In a small bowl, combine cheese and flour. Add in salmon, cheese, leek mixture and chives, and mix well. Pour egg mixture into the pie crust, spreading evenly.

Sprinkle the cheese mixture and salmon over the bottom of the WARM pie shell. Pour egg mixture into warm pie shell. The center should be set, but soft like gelatin (it will set up after removing from the oven). You can cook Smoked Salmon Quiche using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Smoked Salmon Quiche

1. It's 1 of 9-inch Pie Crust (homemade or store bought).
2. You need 1 cup of Shredded Cheddar Cheese.
3. You need 2 tsp of All-Purpose Flour.
4. Prepare 1/2 of Vidalia Onion (diced).
5. Prepare 1 of Tomato (diced).
6. You need 4 of Eggs.
7. It's 3/4 cup of Milk.
8. It's 3 oz of Smoked Nova Salmon (diced).
9. Prepare 1 tsp of Dried Dill.
10. It's 1/2 tsp of Salt.
11. It's 1/4 tsp of Ground Black Pepper.

When trying to come up with a good quiche to serve for a Mother's Day brunch, I spied some smoked salmon in the fridge and here you have it - an appetizer morphed into a quiche! A semi-traditional quiche Lorraine is always a favorite, but they are easy to experiment with, too. I've had the idea of using the classic smoked salmon and sour cream combination in a quiche for a while but only recently got round to making it. Set the quiche aside to cool.

Smoked Salmon Quiche instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F..
2. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, add diced onion, 1/8 tsp of black pepper, and 1/4 tsp of salt. Saute for 10 minutes or until softened..
3. Add diced tomato to onions. Saute over medium-low heat for 10 more minutes stirring occasionally. Then, remove from heat..
4. In small bowl, beat eggs, milk, dried dill and remainder of salt and black pepper..
5. In another small bowl, toss together shredded cheddar and flour. This will help prevent the bottom of the crust from getting soggy..
6. Place pie crust in a pie dish and spread cheese mixture evenly across the bottom. Then layer the onion/tomato mixture over the cheese. Sprinkle the diced salmon evenly across the contents of the pie. Finally, gently pour the egg mixture over the top of the filling..
7. Bake at 400°F for 40 minutes or until the center is no longer wet..

To serve, place a wedge of quiche onto a serving plate, then place the. Then cut in cold butter until it resembles pea-sized pieces. Salmon Quiche is lovely made with fresh salmon, even better with hot smoked salmon but you'll knock it out of the park with smoked salmon!! The filling is super easy to make so it really comes down to the crust - ready made pie shell, store bought shortcrust pastry or homemade quiche crust. Whichever you choose, this quiche is a totally Easter-worthy recipe!