This cheesy broccoli bacon quiche is a perfect way to use up broccoli! There’s nothing quite like the combination of cheese, broccoli and bacon, and the flavors all shine in this quiche.
My recipe project is starting to wind down and I’m so relieved. Relieved and exhausted. I have been cooking for fun a bit more and have some great recipes lined up (hint: I’ve been on a homemade pasta kick).
In the meantime, I have just a few more guest posts for you to enjoy while I continue to get caught up on life. Please give a warm welcome to Joanne from Fifteen Spatulas! She’s brought us a fabulous cheesy broccoli bacon quiche.
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Hi friends! I’m Joanne from Fifteen Spatulas, and it’s my job today to tempt you with something delicious and show you how to make it. One dish everyone should know how to make is a simple quiche-style tart. The best part about a quiche or tart is that it’s a good way to use up leftovers in your fridge and turn it into something new and exciting.
I find my fridge often loaded with too many vegetables. You see, I go to the grocery store trying to be good and healthy by buying tons of fresh produce, but sometimes I end up with too much of something. This week for me it was too much broccoli, but by all means, you could make this tart with asparagus, tomatoes, zucchini, kale, and so on.
Use your leftover veggies in a tart and serve it with a little salad for a great lunch.
Start by crisping up 4 strips of bacon in a large skillet. Then saute chopped broccoli in the leftover bacon grease until the broccoli is tender but not mushy. It should take about 5-10 minutes.
Evenly sprinkle the cooked broccoli florets and crisped bacon in a blind baked tart shell.
Top the broccoli and bacon with about a cup of shredded colby jack or cheddar cheese.
Once your tart ingredients are piled on top of the crust, pour in a custard mixture made with milk, eggs, and cream, and it’s ready to bake! Here’s the recipe:
Looking for more Quiche Recipes?
Be sure to check out my Asparagus, Goat Cheese and Chive Quiche, as well as my Roasted Tomato and Goat Cheese Quiche!
This cheesy broccoli bacon quiche is a perfect way to use up leftover vegetables!
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Main Course
Cuisine American, French
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 50 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 10slices
Calories 241
Author Jennifer Farley
Ingredients
US Customary - Metric
1blind baked pie crust,either store bought or homemade (see notes)
4stripscenter cut bacon
2cupsbroccoli florets,chopped
1cupgrated colby jack cheese
3/4cupmilk(whole, 2%, skim, etc)
1/2cupheavy cream
3largeeggs
1/2teaspoonkosher salt
1/8teaspoonground black pepper
1/16teaspoonfreshly grated nutmeg
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat for about 10 minutes until crisp, then chop the bacon into pieces and reserve for later. Add the chopped broccoli to the pan and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Saute for 5-10 minutes until the broccoli is tender but not mushy.
Evenly spread the cooked broccoli and bacon in your blind baked tart crust, and top it with the grated cheese.
Make the custard by whisking together the milk, heavy cream, eggs, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp black pepper, and the nutmeg. Pour the custard into the tart shell, and bake the tart for 25-30 minutes. The tart is ready when you can no longer see liquid but the center of the tart jiggles slightly when moved. Cut the tart into pieces and serve!
Notes
Blind-baking means cooking the dough before adding the other ingredients, and it prevents the pie crust from becoming soggy. If you're new to blind-baking, here's a great tutorial from The Kitchn.
Please read my full post for additional recipe notes, tips, and serving suggestions!
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Cheese: Some favorites include feta cheese, goat cheese, cheddar cheese, white cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, and gruyere. Add-Ins: Add up to 2 cups add-ins including vegetables and meat/seafood. Most quiche add-ins should be pre-cooked and can still be warm when mixing into the egg filling.
While it is not as traditional for quiches such as quiche Lorraine, you can use milk instead of heavy cream for quiche. While the results are not *as* rich as if heavy cream is used, I find that by the time you factor in the cheese and eggs, the quiche is not at all lacking in indulgence.
To be considered Quiche Lorraine, the quiche must be made with eggs, heavy cream, bacon, and Swiss cheese. Any quiche that strays from this formula with the omission of bacon or the addition of other ingredients such as ham, sausage, vegetables, etc. is considered quiche, not Quiche Lorraine.
While Gruyere is now fairly easy to find in grocery stores, it is on the pricier side, so feel free to substitute Emmental, Jarlsberg, Comte or Swiss cheese in this recipe.
Ratios: The best way to make a quiche is to add the eggs to a large measuring cup, then add the cream or milk. For every egg used you should add enough milk or cream to create a 1/2 cup. Meaning for 1 egg you will add enough cream or milk to make 1/2 a cup of mixture.
You'll need to increase the amount of eggs and milk based on the size of your quiche, so knowing the basic ratio makes it really easy to scale up or down. For a standard 9-inch quiche: Use 3 large eggs (6 ounces) 1 1/2 cups of whole milk or cream (12 ounces)
For gluten-free crust, try making a sweet potato crust. The Custard: For your custard to set properly in the oven, use this easy ratio: 1 part dairy to 2 parts eggs. Classic custards use heavy cream, but 2% milk contains a fraction of the saturated fat and is still plenty rich.
Is Heavy Cream the Same as Heavy Whipping Cream? Yes, heavy cream and heavy whipping cream are the exact same thing. The confusion lies in the fact that they're sold by different brands under two different names.
And yes, as you'll see, you should always prebake quiche crust to avoid a gummy pastry. Preheat the oven to 450°F. Roll out your homemade or purchased refrigerated dough into a 12-inch circle.
Origin: Frittata is an Italian dish whereas quiche is a French dish. Crust: A quiche has crust while a frittata does not. Sometimes, quiche is baked without crust. Base Ingredients: While both frittatas and quiches are made with eggs, quiche is made with an egg custard, which also includes cream or milk.
BAKE in center of 375°F oven until center is almost set but jiggles slightly when dish is gently shaken and knife inserted near center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.
Using too many eggs in the custard results in a quiche that rubbery and too firm when baked, while not using enough will prevent the custard from setting. Follow This Tip: Remember this ratio: 1 large egg to 1/2 cup of dairy.
Salt, cayenne pepper, ground nutmeg: These seasonings flavor of the quiche, with salt balancing the flavors, cayenne pepper adding a slight heat, and ground nutmeg providing a warm, nutty undertone.
Sprinkle cheese into the bottom of the pie crust; set aside. In a medium-sized bowl, combine the eggs, milk, cream, flour, chives, salt, and pepper, and beat with a wire whisk until the mixture is smooth and incorporated. Pour the custard mixture carefully over the cheeses in the crust.
Classically Quiche Lorraine is simply made with bacon but this take is loaded with onions, Gruyère cheese and bacon. You can substitute Emmental or Swiss cheese for the Gruyère if you'd like.
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