Quiche With Herbs and Goat Cheese
Updated April 29, 2024
- Total Time
- About 1 hour, with pre-made dough
- Cook Time
- 1 hour
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Ingredients
- Short-crust dough (see recipe), rolled and chilled in a 9½-inch tart pan
- 3large eggs
- 1and ¼ cups half-and-half
- ½teaspoon kosher salt
- Black pepper, to taste
- ½teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- 2tablespoons chopped scallions
- 2tablespoons chopped parsley
- 4ounces fresh goat cheese, sliced into ¼-inch rounds
Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)
252 calories; 13 grams fat; 7 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 21 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 4 grams sugars; 12 grams protein; 389 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Bake prepared dough at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, until lightly browned. Patch any small holes with leftover dough. Cool.
- Step 2
Make the custard: in mixing bowl, beat eggs. Whisk in half-and-half, salt, pepper, lemon zest, thyme, scallions and parsley. Set aside.
- Step 3
Set tart pan on a baking sheet. Spread goat cheese slices evenly over bottom of pastry. Beat custard once more and carefully pour into shell. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes, until top is golden and custard is set. Cool for 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Wait---in the photo the cheese is on top if the custard. The instructions say to out it on the crust, under the custard. ??
I love this quiche, and make it all the time. But my favorite iteration is rather different: I use rough puff pastry instead of short-crust; whisk the goat cheese in with the eggs; and very finely process in the cuisinart a small onion and lots of greens (I particularly like a mix of spinach, chard, and kale), which are then added to the custard. Perfection!
I can't eat wheat, so I made this a frittata, instead. In the absence of crust, I wanted more volume from the custard, so I used 6 eggs, 1 cup half-and-half, and 6 oz of goat cheese. Otherwise, I stuck to the recipe as written, including temperature and time. It was delicious. We'll definitely do this one again.
An amazing, light egg custard tart! Definitely no leftovers between the two of us (though we were pretty full!). I added fresh oregano and basil, and I think the beauty of this is that you could play around with the herbs but the egg blend is so light and fluffy that any combo is heavenly. I whipped a little goat cheese into the egg mix, and used goat cheese to patch a few cracks in the crust after its first bake - and then dotted a few dollops on top. Really a showstopper!
The specified amount of custard is far too little for a conventional quiche pan. This makes the quiche much too flat. Normally, you would use at least 6 or 7 eggs. I also cut the goat cheese into small pieces and added it to the mixture, as otherwise the flavor is too concentrated. For me, this is one of the weakest recipes for a French quiche.
Used frozen pie crust. Filling could be 1.5x