Food and Recipes Dish Casserole Crab Pie Recipe 4.0 (1) 1 Review Quiche never tasted so good. By Southern Living Test Kitchen Southern Living Test Kitchen The Southern Living Test Kitchen has been publishing recipes since 1970, four years after the first issue of Southern Living Magazine appeared on newsstands. The Southern Living Test Kitchen team includes a team of professionals with deep expertise in recipe development, from pastry chefs and grilling experts to nutritionists and dietitians. Together, the team tests and retests, produces, styles, and photographs thousands of recipes each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on July 20, 2021 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Active Time: 20 mins Total Time: 1 hrs 35 mins Yield: 8 serves Jump to recipe Wow your brunch crowd with a decadent spin on quiche made with lump crabmeat, sautéed spinach and leeks, and cream cheese for richness. Serve with a simple salad and mimosas for a restaurant-worthy meal at home. Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen; Food Styling: Torie Cox Ingredients ½ (14.1-oz.) package refrigerated piecrusts 1 tablespoons olive oil 1 small leek (about 5 oz.), finely chopped 4 ounces baby spinach, chopped (about 3 cups) 3 large eggs 1 cup heavy cream 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic (about 2 garlic cloves) 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt ½ teaspoon lemon zest (from 1 lemon) 8 ounces fresh lump crabmeat, drained and picked over Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. Fit piecrust into a 9-inch pie plate according to package directions. Set aside. Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high; add leek, and cook, stirring often, until soft and slightly golden, about 10 minutes. Add spinach to skillet, and cook, stirring often, until spinach is wilted and all water has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Remove spinach-leek mixture from skillet. Whisk together eggs, heavy cream, and cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth. Whisk in chives, garlic, mustard, thyme, salt, and lemon zest. Gently fold in spinach-leek mixture and crabmeat; carefully pour mixture into prepared piecrust. Place on middle rack of preheated oven, and bake until set in middle, about 50 minutes. Cool pie on a wire rack 15 minutes before cutting. Rate it Print