What’s not to love about easy, cheesy, vegetarian quiche? Its creamy goldenness? Its smooth cheesiness?
The glorious semi-sweet sauteed veggies you can pack in it? The crispy, crunchy, crumbly pastry shell?
I mean really, check out that crust. Sure it’s homemade, but on a Wednesday night at 5pm I’m not here to faff. It takes hardly any time at all and is super-fricken delicious. Vegetarian quiche makes great leftovers for lunch, and is a pretty decent pot luck option should you feel the need to feed people your golden-cheesiness-inside-crispy-pastry goods. .
This recipe was passed on to me from my days as a teacher aide, a quiche lorraine recipe I adapted to suit my tastes, and continue to adapt every time I think of a new quiche combination. Which is often. Roasted pumpkin and thyme. Caramelised onion and feta. Spring asparagus and pea. Spinach and ricotta. Zucchini and parmesan. Potato and olive. Sundried tomato and basil. Me and a glass of wine.
And of course you can use frozen shortcrust pastry – whatever gets the food on your table!
Ok and I understand there is a time for frittata. Really there is. Frittata for days! Even zucchini slice! And sure you could just throw some veg and eggs and milk in a pan and call it a day. But when you want THIS quiche, THIS creamy, unctuous, silky blanket for your veg rather than an eggy hardhat, well, there really is no substitute.
PrintEasy Cheesy Vegetarian Quiche
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Description
A recipe for the easiest, cheesiest vegetarian quiche and the golden, crisp pastry it’s baked in. Or, frozen shortcrust is your friend! Make it today.
Ingredients
For the pastry
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 50g cold butter
- 1–2 tablespoons cold water
- 1 egg, beaten
For the quiche filling
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 eggs
- 300ml cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup cheese: I use a mix of vintage cheddar and a parmesan-style cheese
Instructions
Pastry directions
- Preheat your oven to 180C.
- In a large bowl mix the flour and salt, then rub in the butter with your fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs and is starting to stick together.
- Add the water a teaspoon or so at a time until the flour and butter mixture comes together in a dough. It shouldn’t take very long and you shouldn’t need much water.
- Place the dough into a container and put it in the fridge for 30 mins to an hour to firm up so it doesn’t fall apart or stick when rolling out, but not so much it’s too hard to use!
- Roll the chilled dough out onto a floured surface until it’s as thin as you’re comfortable with. I also fold it gently into quarters, then place the quarter in the tin/pie plate/whatever you’re using (for this, I use a 20cm springform pan) with the point in the centre of the base, then gently fold out to a circle.
- Fit the pastry to the receptacle (same if you’re using frozen shortcrust pastry that’s been thawed), prick a few holes in it with a fork, cover with baking paper and any old dried beans/proper baking beads you have on hand and blind bake for about 10 minutes. Remove the paper and bake another 10 minutes.
- Brush the base with beaten egg to glaze (this helps stop the bottom from getting soggy from the wet ingredients) and bake another 10 or 15 minutes.
- While the base is baking, make your filling.
Quiche filling directions
- Cook onion in frying pan in a little oil until soft. You don’t want too much colour on it, unless you’re adding other veggies. If so, saute them along with the onion.
- Beat eggs in a bowl with whisk, add cream, milk and cheese, whisk until just combined. Pour into pastry case.
- Bake at 180C for about 35-45 minutes or until filling is set and brown. It should still wobble a bit in the middle, but you definitely don’t want it too undercooked. The old “stick a skewer in it and if it comes out clean it’s done” kind of works for quiches too – go with your gut.
- Stand the quiche for five minutes before removing from the tin (or serve in the pie plate it was cooked in), and easy cheesy vegetarian quiche is all yours. Voila!
Keywords: easy quiche, vegetarian quiche, cheese quiche, vegetarian quiche lorraine, creamy quiche
antonio palmieri says
Wonderfull. I cannot resist, I’m going to prepare it.! Thank you very much
★★★★★
Isabella says
Do you have the roasted pumpkin and thyme quiche recipe posted? Sounds amazing! I’m going to make this recipe next week…possibly adding some more veg. Can’t wait. It’s been too long since I’ve made a quiche.
Stacey says
Oh so sorry I’m late to reply! I don’t have it posted I don’t think, but it would just be my basic cheesy quiche recipe with chunks of roasted pumpkin and a sprinkle of fresh thyme in with the eggs. Did you make it? Was it good? xo