Recipe: Mini Quiches Lorraine

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From: Nancy,.SanFran

Mini Quiches Lorraine
From the MasterCook files of Crane Walden
Yield: 24 appetizers

---For the Pastry Shells---
1 3 oz pkg cream cheese -- at room temperature
1/2 cup margarine -- at room temperature
1 cup sifted flour

---Filling---
1/4 pound bacon
1 cup Swiss cheese -- finely grated
2 eggs
1 cup half and half
1/4 teaspoon salt
dash cayenne

To make pastry shells:
Blend ingredients together and chill for 1 hour. Form dough into tart shells in a 24 muffin size mini muffin tin. Add filling at once and bake or refrigerate until ready to use.

To make filling:
Fry the bacon and crumble. Fill mini muffin shells with bacon equally. Top with grated cheese. Beat eggs, cream, salt and cayenne together lightly. Pour into shells. Bake 20 minutes at 375 degrees F.