French Quiche Lorraine Recipe
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5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
1 hr 3 mins
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Servings
8 slices
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Calories
262 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
French
French Quiche Lorraine Recipe
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Easy homemade french Quiche Lorraine recipe prepared with a shortcrust from scratch.
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Ingredients
For the shortcrust pastry:
- 7 Ounces all purpose flour
- 3.5 Ounces butter
- Pinch salt
- 2-5 Tablespoons water Quantity depends on how thirsty your dough is
For the filling:
- 4 eggs
- 1 Cup milk
- 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
- ⅔ Cup smoked ham or lard/bacon
- ½ Teaspoon salt Optional, only if you didn't use smoked ham/lard/bacon. See notes.
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- Pinch nutmeg
- 2 Tablespoon chives chopped
- 2 Tablespoon cheese Grated Gruyère or Comte or Emmental or mild Cheddar Cheese
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Instructions
Pie Crust
- To make the Shortcrust, place the butter into a mixing bowl and add the flour and salt.
- With your hand mix the content and add water gradually to the butter-flour mixture. Work the dough out and make a smooth non-sticky dough.
- Wrap into plastic wrap and keep to rest in your fridge for about 30 to 60 mins. A harder, cooled dough is easier to roll out.
- Dust your working space. Roll it out to about 0.1 inch (2.54 mm) thickness.
- Place the tart mold over the dough, add 0.8 inch (ca. 2 cm) radius around the tart pan and cut out the dough into a round shape.
- Preheat the oven to 400 Fahrenheit (ca. 200 °C)!
- Butter the tart pan and place and fit in the cut-out dough carefully into the tart pan.
- Poke with a fork randomly a few times into the dough. That will prevent the crust to deform and bulge while baking. Eventually, you may want to add pie weights or dried beans into the tart pan so that the pie crust doesn't bulge. Blind bake (pre-baking) your dough for about 8 minutes. *See Notes
Quiche Custard Filling
- In a mixing bowl add the eggs, milk, and flour and combine the ingredients by whisking with a fork shortly until the mixture appears slightly beige or light colored.
- Then add the ham, (eventually salt) black pepper, nutmeg and chopped chives and mix once again.
- Pour the custard egg mixture into the pre cooked shortcrust tart shell. Top evenly with the grated cheese.
- Bake for about 25 minutes at 400 Fahrenheit (ca. 204 °C) or until golden.
- Once baked, leave out a bit to cool and cut into slices.
Notes
- Your butter shouldn't be too soft. It's better if it crumbles/blends into the flour because, especially if you work with your hands which are warm and soften the butter.
- You can use salted butter for the shortcrust pastry but then skip adding salt to the dough preparation.
- Add 1-2 Tablespoon Water. You need to adjust and use your judgment! A humid climate might need a little less water and a dry climate more. It also depends on the flour quality.a little too much water can make it soggy, in that case, add a minimal amount of flour to balance it out again.
- The dough must rest in the fridge so that it's hard and cold, that way you can roll the dough out.
- Try to use smoked ham or lard for this Quiche Lorraine. Smoked lard or bacon is salted enough, and therefore you wouldn't need to add any salt to the Quiche filling.
- You can choose to skip the blind baking of the dough by pouring the filling over the raw dough. We do that when we are rushing, but the dough tends to be a bit undercooked or let's say less dry. If you pick that method, then add the 8 minutes to the cooking time of the Quiche. In total, the Quiche needs to cook 8 mins + 25 mins, or until golden.
- The Quiche makes 8 servings/slices. That makes usually 2 slices per Person in Europe.
- The authentic Quiche is without cheese. You can make this Quiche Lorraine without cheese.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
109g
Calories
262kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
21g
(7%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
15g
(23%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Cholesterol
122mg
(41%)
Sodium
474mg
(20%)
Potassium
135mg
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
550IU
(11%)
Vitamin C
0.4mg
(0%)
Calcium
82mg
(8%)
Iron
1.8mg
(10%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 262 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 109g | |
| Calories | 262kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 122mg | 41% |
| Sodium | 474mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 135mg | 3% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 550IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 0.4mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 82mg | 8% |
| Iron | 1.8mg | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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