Crab Meat Quiche

Do you ever once in a while want to try something so completely different?  Well, last night was one of those nights.  I had been looking through my Mom's old tattered cookbook and a brochure fell out.  Obviously the Cooking Gods were trying to get my attention!  It was an old brochure from "Virginia Seafood" and the title said "Elegant Crab Recipes for the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab."  I had to go to the store anyway so I thought I would see if they had crab meat.  Well, fresh crab was definitely NOT in the budget at $21 a pound!!  But in the tuna section was canned crab at $3.19 for 6 oz. a can - thus a new adventure was born.

Granted, 4 cans of canned crab was not in the budget either but you ever once in a while it is doesn't hurt to splurge!!  The one recipe in the brochure that didn't require a whole shopping expense was the crab quiche and I knew my husband would eat that.

The recipe is quite simple and you can whip this up in matter of minutes!

Crab Quiche

Ingredients

1//2 cup mayonnaise (I used Miracle Whip)
2 beaten eggs
1 2/3 cup crab meat (I used 4 cans of drained crab meat)
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 T flour
8 oz. grated Swiss Cheese
1/2 c milk
9 inch pie crust (I cheated and used a Pillsbury pie crust)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Line a 9 inch pie pan with the crust

Mix the mayonnaise (or Miracle Whip), four beaten eggs and milk until blended together.

In a separate bowl, stir the crab meat, swiss cheese and onions.

Add the mayonnaise mixture to the crab meat mixture and stir to completely mix.

Pour into the pie pan.

Bake for 40 to 45 minutes ** (it took about an hour for my quiche to set - your oven might be different).
 

I didn't get a picture of the quiche after it came out of the oven - my husband took a piece too quickly!!


Entire Recipe

Crab Quiche
 
Ingredients
 
1//2 cup mayonnaise (I used Miracle Whip)
2 beaten eggs
1 2/3 cup crab meat (I used 4 cans of drained crab meat)
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 T flour
8 oz. grated Swiss Cheese
1/2 c milk
9 inch pie crust (I cheated and used a Pillsbury pie crust)
 
Directions
 
Preheat oven to 350 F.

Line a 9 inch pie pan with the crust

Mix the mayonnaise (or Miracle Whip), four beaten eggs and milk until blended together.

In a separate bowl, stir the crab meat, swiss cheese and onions.

Add the mayonnaise mixture to the crab meat mixture and stir to completely mix.

Pour into the pie pan.

Bake for 40 to 45 minutes ** (it took about an hour for my quiche to set - your oven might be different).

Verdict:

My husband loved it!!  I would probably make this again when we have a little extra in our budget - LOL!!  It is really good!!