Quiche

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

There are many variations to this dish, and any combination of foods can be added. The basic quiche fillings are ham, onions and cheese. You can fill your quiches with just about anything; they're a great way to use up leftovers, like shrimp, cooked chicken, ham, cooked vegetables, and especially bits of cheese .

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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

Although quiche is a classic French cuisine, it originated in Germany. The word "quiche'" is from the German "Kuchen", meaning cake. The original quiche was an open pie with a filling consisting of an egg and cream custard with smoked bacon. It was later that cheese was added . The bottom crust was originally made from bread dough, but today is a pie crust or puff pastry crust. Quiche became popular in England in the 1950s.http://www.foodreference.com/html/artquiche.html

Quiche can be served as an entree, for lunch, breakfast or an evening snack.

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