Now that’s a delicious Quiche!

I’m always intrigued as to what makes a quiche top notch—which in general, mine are not.  But after playing around with a number of recipes, I came up with one that hit the mark; and I think the secret really is the number of eggs—more than I’ve generally used. The rich, creamy cheese custard with a crunchy crust is a winner.  With a nice Caesar salad and crusty bread, it makes for a delicious lunch, especially during these nippy days of Fall!

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SERVINGS
6-8
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COOK TIME
35
PREP TIME
25
READY IN
60

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper and herbs
  3. On medium heat sauté mushrooms in butter until golden
  4. Sprinkle ham, 1 cup of the cheese, mushrooms, spinach, green onions into uncooked pie crust shell and pour egg mixture over the top.
  5. Slice tomato into as many slices as portions as you plan on serving, and place on top
  6. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top, followed by the grated parmesan cheese
  7. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the center is completely set.

Vegetarian Spinach and Mushroom Quiche

As cooks in Bethany Guest House, we love to spend time whenever possible, coming up with new creative recipes. We’re also finding that more and more of our guests are trying to eat healthier or have dietary restrictions. This adds to the challenge but also to the fun. Sometimes we work with inspiring gourmet type recipes– and often we find that some of the time honored meals of past years can also be very satisfying and delicious.

Today​, I was preparing a light lunch for one of our guests who is a vegetarian​. After a little hunting around for something new and different– I thought — ​”​Wait! ​W​hat about a ​Mushroom​ and ​​S​pinach Quiche​?”​ It was a big hit​!​

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Vegetarian Spinach and Mushroom Quiche
SERVINGS
2servings
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servings
COOK TIME
40mins
PREP TIME
15mins
READY IN
55mins

Ingredients

Instructions

Pie Crust
  1. Cut the Crisco into the flour mixture until it is small and crumbly.
  2. Sprinkle the water in, lightly tossing / mixing it into the flour mixture. Toss in enough water, just until the mixture starts to hold together—no more water than what is necessary.
  3. Take 1/3 of the mixture, form into a ball, and gently roll out, lining a 6” pyrex pie plate (or the entire mixture for a 9” pie plate)
Quiche
  1. Lightly sauté onion until soft, then brown the sliced mushrooms. Set aside.
  2. Whisk the eggs with cream, salt and seasonings. Add the grated cheese, mushrooms and spinach. Gently mix, pour into pie shell and lay tomato slice on top.
  3. Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes; when checking for doneness, it should be firm when jiggled a little and a dinner knife should come clean when tested.

* For a regular 9” pie plate, use all of the pie crust dough and double the recipe for the quiche

If not making a vegetarian quiche, add bits of cooked bacon or pieces of ham

Beef Tips with Mushrooms and Sherry

Here’s a tasty and classy recipe that we served to our guest in Bethany tonight. The prep time is minimal. You can make the marinade ahead, add the steak tips, seal in a zip lock bag and freeze until ready to use (skip to step 2). We recommend buying steak tips when they are on sale. All of us love comfort food, and this is the perfect recipe for a busy family. The marinade is also our new favorite for steaks and grilling as we head towards summer – a teriyaki kind of flavor. We got rave reviews from our guest, so give it a try!

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Beef Tips with Mushrooms and Sherry
SERVINGS
8servings
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servings
COOK TIME
15mins
PREP TIME
20mins
READY IN
35 mins

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. In a shallow bowl, make the marinade by combining soy sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, onion, ginger and pepper. Coat beef tips with marinade. Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hrs.
  2. Remove steak tips from marinade and pat meat dry. Reserve marinade.
  3. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with oil. When oil is hot and begins to smoke, add the beef and brown 3 min. on each side. Do not overcook. Remove when evenly deep brown and reserve on a plate.
  4. Add remaining 3 Tbsp. olive oil to skillet, heat until oil ripples then add mushrooms and brown 7-8 min. Add garlic after 5 to 6 min. Season mushrooms with salt and pepper and cook a few minutes more.
  5. Add sherry, reduce 1 minute. Add 1 cup of reserved marinade (strained). Reduce heat and cook, reducing liquid until thickened.
  6. Add beef tips, their juices and mushrooms to the pan, cook for 2 min. Serve with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables on the side.

Wild Rice with Mushrooms and Leeks

Whole grains have firmly established a prominent place in today’s overall diet, and are continuing to grow in acceptance and popularity. Once a taste for them has been acquired, less textured, more refined grains often have less appeal. Years ago when I first sampled wild rice I was not at all eager to have it again. Last night when it was served for dinner, I immediately wanted a second helping.

During this time of Lent, when many people choose to eat less meat, and have simpler meals, it can be a good time to introduce more grains into the menu such as this flavorful combination of wild rice with mushrooms and leeks.

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Wild Rice with Mushrooms and Leeks
SERVINGS
8people
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people
COOK TIME
1.5hrs
PREP TIME
15mins
READY IN
1 hrs45 mins

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a medium saucepan, add the onion, and cook over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until translucent.
  2. Add 5 cups of water, 2 teaspoons of salt, and the wild rice.
  3. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to very low, and simmer, covered, for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until the rice is tender. Drain well.
  4. Place the drained rice in a bowl, add the remaining tablespoon of butter, the scallions, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and the pepper.
  5. Slice mushrooms, cut up leeks to similar size as mushrooms.
  6. Sauté both in just enough olive oil to brown.
  7. Stir into rice. Add wine and heat all together till hot.
  8. Taste for seasonings and serve hot.

Phenomenal Savory Bread Pudding

Recently four of our young sisters were invited to a neighbor’s house in our community for a special dinner. The next day when I asked, “So how was the dinner?”
the response was, “Phenomenal!” That didn’t surprise me knowing that the menu had featured a choice tenderloin of beef, which they all liked and
we rarely have at the Convent. What did surprise and amuse me was that each of them individually wanted to tell me about one special dish
that had put the meal “over the top” and sent it “out of the park.”

This was a savory bread pudding that included leeks, fresh mushrooms, Gruyere cheese, pancetta, and sherry. Well then, why wouldn’t that
impress anyone as a phenomenal dish? And because our brave leeks are still holding their own out in the garden, why shouldn’t we give
it a try here at home?  Well, we did, and sure enough it scored a home run with the whole sisterhood. Why not try it yourself and see
what kind of a rating it gets at your house?

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Phenomenal Savory Bread Pudding
SERVINGS
8-10people
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people
COOK TIME
2hours
PREP TIME
READY IN
2.25hours

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Spread the bread cubes on a sheet pan and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until lightly browned. Set aside.
  3. Meanwhile, heat the oil and butter in a large (12-inch) sauté pan over medium heat.
  4. Add the pancetta and cook for 5 minutes, until starting to brown. Stir in the leeks and cook over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes, until the leeks are tender.
  5. Stir in the mushrooms, sherry, 1 tablespoon onion salt and 11/2 teaspoons pepper and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, until most of the liquid evaporates, stirring occasionally. Off the heat, stir in the parsley.
  6. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, chicken stock and 1 cup of the Gruyere.
  7. Add the bread cubes and mushroom mixture, stirring well to combine. Set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes to allow the bread to absorb the liquid.
  8. Stir well and pour into a 2 1/2-to-3-quart gratin dish (13 x 9 x 2 inches). Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup Gruyere and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until the top is browned and the custard is set. Serve hot.

Turkey Cutlets

Taking care of guests who are on special diets has always been a challenge that has appealed to me. We do whatever we can to accommodate the food needs of our visitors so that they can be blessed during their time here, without the distraction of having to worry about their food needs.

A few nights ago, our Bethany guest cook asked me to help her prepare a dinner for a visitor who was gluten-free and didn’t eat red meat. She had turkey cutlets, and assorted vegetables so we set about to make something that we hoped would satisfy two people, and do so in a short amount of time. This result was more than satisfying to both guests and cooks.

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Turkey Cutlets
SERVINGS
2people
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people
COOK TIME
30minutes
PREP TIME
15minutes
READY IN
45minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in pan, finely mince half the cleaned mushrooms and all the scallions. Sauté in melted butter till soft and golden adding sage, 1/4 c sherry and simmer till soft and liquid is absorbed.
  2. Spread 1/2 mixture on each cutlet. Roll up and fasten together with toothpick if necessary.
  3. Brown each cutlet in remaining butter. Finish cooking in 325 degrees oven about 15 minutes.
  4. Add remaining sherry to onion mushroom mixture and simmer. Pour over cutlets after plating them.

We served these with fresh asparagus,mashed yam with a few halved mushrooms as garnish.