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Best Recipe for Holiday Appetizer Quiche

Ingredients

  • Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • CRUST:
  • 2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 cup Crisco® Butter Shortening or 3/4 stick Crisco® Butter Shortening Sticks
  • 5 tbsps. cold water
  • FILLING:
  • 2 cups (8 oz.) shredded Swiss cheese
  • 2/3 cup chopped ham, crumbled cooked sausage, diced pepperoni or crumbled cooked bacon
  • 3/4 cup thinly sliced green onions, including tops
  • 1/4 cup snipped fresh parsley
  • 1 (4 oz.) jar diced pimentos, well drained
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup half-and-half
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper

Instructions

  1. HEAT oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan with no-stick cooking spray.
  2. CRUST:
  3. COMBINE flour and salt in medium bowl. Cut in shortening using pastry blender or 2 knives until all flour is blended in to form pea-size chunks. Sprinkle with water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Toss lightly with fork until dough forms ball.
  4. ROLL out dough between sheets of waxed paper to fit jelly-roll pan. Place dough in prepared pan, folding edges under. Flute edges. Prick crust with fork.
  5. FILLING:
  6. SPRINKLE cheese, ham, onions, parsley and pimentos evenly over crust. Beat eggs, cream, half-and-half, salt and pepper in medium bowl. Pour over filled crust.
  7. BAKE 35 minutes or until set. Cool 5 to 10 minutes. Cut into 2 x 1 1/2-inch pieces.

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