Colby Squares Quiche Treat - Weekend Recipe

This great quiche recipe is perfect when you make it with an herb flavored crust.  It is a traditional crust recipe seasoned with Italian Seasoning which I share the recipe at the end.  

You can make this as an appetizer to serve at a family gathering this fall or as a brunch item making it in a square shape rather than pie shaped.

Colby Squares Quiche Treat 

1 Herb Crust (see below)

2 cups chopped cooked turkey or chicken

1/3 cup green onions, chopped

8 ounces Colby cheese, grated

6 slices crisp cooked bacon

1/8 tsp salt

2 Tbls Parmesan cheese, grated

1/8 tsp paprika

4 large eggs

1/8 tsp white pepper

¼ tsp dry mustard

Onto or into prepared (not baked) Herb Crust (see below) sprinkle with chopped turkey or chicken, then onion.  Cover with cheese.  Crumble bacon over cheese.  Beat eggs with salt, pepper, and mustard.  Stir in milk.  Pour carefully over filling.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and paprika.  Back on the lowest rack of 400-degree oven, 25 to 30 minutes or until set in center.  Cool on wire rack. Serve warm or cold.  Makes 8 dinner servings, 16 appetizer strips.

HERBED CRUST

½ cup sifted flour

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp Backyard Patch Italian Seasoning

½ cup firm butter

¼ cup cold milk

Combine flour, salt and Italian seasoning.  Cut in butter with knives or pastry cutter until particles are the size of peas.  Sprinkle with cold milk, adding just enough to make a stiff dough.  Shape into a square and roll on a floured board into a sheet about 12 by 16 inches.  Fold into thirds and lift into a 9x14x2 inch baking dish or 9 x 13 metal pan.  Unfold.  Fit carefully into the dish, trimming edges with the top of dish.  Fold crust down ¼ inch to form a rim and press with tines of a fork.

RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  

To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, or Recipe2019 

You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2020 so you can find them all.

The themes are:

Feb 2020 - Footbal Tailgate Favorites (AppFeb)

March 2020 - Kabobs (KabobMar)

April 2020 - Brunch (BrunchApr) more in 2021 also

May 2020 - Non-Traditional Pizza (PizzaMay)

June 2020 - Stir Fry Dishes (StirJun)

July 2020 - Salads with no lettuce (SaladJul)

August 2020 - Pickled things (PickleAug)

September 2020 - Quiche (QuicheSep)

October 2020 - Squash Soups (SquashOct)

November 2020 - Pumpkin (again) (PumpNov)

December 2020 - Turkey Recipes (TurkDec)