Crab Meat Quiche Lorraine

This quick and easy recipe looks gorgeous, tastes wonderfully creamy and rich. Great for a buffet, lunch or family dinner.

Ingredients:

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• 1 10 inch pastry
• 4 to 5 - 1 oz slices Swiss cheese
• 6 to 10 oz crab meat (you can use artificial crab if desired)
• 4 green onions sliced, tips and greens included
• 1 cup cream or half and half
• 4 beaten eggs
• 1 Tbsp. of flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• dash each of pepper and cayenne pepper
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 2 Tbsp. melted butter
• 2 Tbsp. of Sherry (optional)

Directions:

Prepare pastry shell for baking in a 10 inch quiche dish or pie plate

Line the shell with the cheese, then the crab meat. Sprinkle the sliced green onions over all.

Combine the cream, eggs, flour, salt, and peppers. Blend well. Add the nutmeg and the melted butter and sherry if desired, stirring to blend.

Mix well. Gently pour the mixture over the cheese, crab meat and onion in the shell.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes or until golden. Let stand at least 20 minutes before cutting.

By Nancy from Cross Lanes, WV