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• Quiche is a classic French dish made with eggs, milk and cream, cooked in a pastry crust, resembling an egg pie.

  There are many variations to this dish, and any combinations of foods can be added. The basic quiche fillings are ham, onions and cheese.

  Traditional quiches excludes cheese.

• Fast Facts

  1. Main ingredients: Eggs, milk, cream, pastry crust
  2. High in cholesterol
  3. Quiche Lorraine most common variety
  4. Many contemporary recipes include Cheese

• Popular Fillings

  • Ham, diced
  • Mushrooms, sliced
  • Cheese, grated
  • Tomatoes, chopped
  • Beef, chopped
  • Potatoes, sliced
  • Onions, diced
  • Bell Peppers, diced
  • Bacon, chopped
  • Sausage, chopped
  • Shrimp, small, kept whole
  • Crab, chopped
  • Lobster, chopped

• Quiche Lorraine

  Quiche Lorraine is the most common of all quiches. In addition to the basic eggs and cream mixture, it also includes bacon or lardons (fatty bacon). Adding Gruyere cheese to this dish makes it quiche au gruyere or a quiche vosgienne. Adding onions to quiche Lorraine makes it quiche alsacienne.

• History

  Up until 1980 quiches were called flans in the United Kingdom.

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