# Quiche Lorraine Recipe
This *Quiche Lorraine* features a rich buttery crust filled with a variety of spring vegetables, cheese, and crispy bacon!
If you’re preparing this quiche dish for a brunch get-together, consider adding some homemade buttermilk pancakes or brioche French toast to your menu.
## Recipe Details
A classic Quiche Lorraine consists of a pastry crust, an egg custard, and smoked bacon. This recipe spices things up by incorporating additional vegetables and cheese, taking this simple dish to a whole new level.
– **TASTE**: The savory Quiche Lorraine is a delightful combination of sweet cherry tomatoes, savory bacon, and a buttery crust.
– **TEXTURE**: With fluffy eggs, crispy bacon bits, gooey cheese, and sautéed veggies in a flaky crust, this breakfast dish offers a wonderful mix of textures.
– **TIME**: This recipe requires 2 hours and 20 minutes to prepare.
– **EASE**: While there are several steps involved, they are straightforward to follow, resulting in a delicious Quiche Lorraine.
## Ingredient Notes
### For the crust
– **Dry ingredients**: All-purpose flour and salt.
– **Unsalted cold butter**: Keep it chilled until use.
– **Cream cheese**: Also cold from the fridge.
– **Eggs**: Serve as a binder in the dough.
### For the quiche
– **Bacon**: Any type, such as thick-cut, thin-sliced, or turkey bacon.
– **Olive oil**: Used for sautéing the vegetables.
– **Vegetables**: Includes minced garlic cloves, sliced zucchini, cherry tomatoes, and washed and cut asparagus.
– **Eggs**: The base of the Quiche Lorraine.
– **Seasonings**: Salt and black pepper.
– **Heavy cream**: Adds creaminess to the quiche.
– **Cheese**: Combination of Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese.
## Add-ins and Substitutions
– **Substitute other vegetables**: Spinach, broccoli, squash, brussels sprouts, caramelized onions, shallots, or green beans can be used.
– **Add more protein**: Experiment with ground sausage, cubed ham, or ground beef.
– **Make it gluten-free**: Utilize a store-bought gluten-free pie crust or gluten-free flour.
– **Use different cheeses**: Try Swiss, Jack, Cheddar, Asiago, Ricotta, or Gruyère cheese.
## How to Make Quiche Lorraine
1. **Prepare the dough**: Blend cold butter and cream cheese with flour until the butter resembles pea-sized pieces.
2. **Add eggs**: Lightly whisk the eggs and incorporate them until the dough takes shape.
3. **Roll out the dough**: Roll out the dough using parchment paper for easy transfer and refrigerate to stiffen the butter.
4. **Form the pie crust**: Press the crust into a 9-inch springform pan and freeze for at least 30 minutes.
5. **Bake**: Prick, line with parchment paper and pie weights, bake, and remove weights to bake further.
6. **Cook the bacon**: Bake at 400°F and chop once cooled.
7. **Sauté the veggies**: Sauté zucchini, cherry tomatoes, and garlic in a skillet.
*Pro Tip*: Use a foil-lined baking sheet for easy cleanup.
8. **Combine eggs with cream and spices**: Use heavy cream for a creamy custard base.
9. **Fill the baked crust and bake again**: After blind-baking the crust, fill it with the egg mixture.
Enjoy your delicious and flavorful Quiche Lorraine!A mix of bacon, vegetables, and cheeses is the essence of Quiche Lorraine, a recipe that’s a hit among quiche lovers. To make it, combine eggs with salt and pepper, add in heavy cream, then mix in tomatoes, zucchini, asparagus, and cheese.
When baking Quiche Lorraine, bake it at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45-55 minutes until it’s lightly browned, set in the middle, and no longer jiggles. Let it cool for about 15 minutes before serving.
Some recipe tips to enhance your Quiche Lorraine experience:
– Use cold butter and cream cheese in the crust to keep it from melting immediately, ensuring an extra flaky crust.
– Poke holes in the crust to allow steam to escape and prevent it from puffing up.
– Prevent the crust from becoming soggy by blind baking it before adding the filling and brushing it with an egg wash to create a barrier against excess moisture.
– Uniformly cut the veggies to ensure each slice has a balanced mix of ingredients.
FAQs:
– The main difference between a quiche and a quiche Lorraine lies in the filling ingredients, with a Lorraine featuring a heavy cream and egg base filled with bacon and French cheeses.
– Yes, the pie crust needs to be prebaked before adding the filling to prevent it from becoming gummy.
For serving suggestions, enjoy your Quiche Lorraine with various breakfast favorites like pancakes, potatoes, waffles, cinnamon rolls, or meats.
To prepare in advance, bake the quiche completely, cool it overnight in the fridge, and reheat it the next day. Once baked and cooled, the Quiche Lorraine can be refrigerated for up to 5-7 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
Explore more delicious breakfast dishes like Hash Brown Quiche, Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, Eggs Benedict, and German Pancake.
For a visual guide, watch the short video provided.The Quiche Lorraine recipe features a delightful mix of a flaky buttery crust loaded with fresh spring vegetables, bacon, cheese, and eggs. It’s a delicious choice for breakfast. The preparation time is 50 minutes, cooking time is 1 hour, and chilling time is 30 minutes, with a total time of 2 hours and 20 minutes. The cuisine is American and French. You can watch the video for this recipe by following the link provided.
