Mini Classic Quiche Lorraine Recipe

This is a perfect mini classic Quiche Lorraine recipe for a small garden gathering. It’s a simple open savory pie with a filling of creamy, caramelized onions, custard and lardons (or bacon!) It’s baked to perfection in a simple homemade crust. It’s the perfect individualized dish for breakfast, brunch, dinner, showers, easter, and tea parties!

This recipe is for a classic mini Quiche Lorraine, which is the perfect addition for small gatherings when you want something individualized and darling!

What is Quiche Lorraine?

This particular dish was popularized in America in the 1950’s, and endless variations of quiche have emerged since. Quiche Lorraine is considered a classic dish of French cuisine, however the base quiche recipe originated in Lothringen Germany, and the name was adapted from Kuchen (cake in German) The original quiche was a simple pie crust with egg filled custard.

My nana was named Lorraine, and each spring I have a little tea party in the garden for her. I like to make Quiche Lorraine and the breakfast tea she always made me as a child.

Basic steps to Make a mini quiche Lorraine

It’s not intimidating at all! This is the steps you’ll take to bake a perfect mini Quiche Lorraine.

1. Bake your pie crust – Nothing fancy! No blind bakes, no pie weights. I used mini tart pans so I simply pressed my crust into my pans.
2. Sauté your add ins – This includes your bacon or lardons, onions, and additional vegetables of choice.
3. Make your custard – Beat your half & half and add in your add ins.
4. Bake – Pour your filling into crust and bake until set. In mini tins, it takes 30 minutes to set.

ingredients you’ll need from the store:

• Eggs: Eggs are used for both the crust as a binder, and for the quiche custard. We’ll use 6 eggs in this recipe!
• Ice water: for the quiche crust
• All purpose flour
• Butter
• Bacon or lardons, chopped into small pieces
• Yellow onion or spring onions
• Gruyere cheese (classic) or any cheese of choice. I also love to use parmesan, Swiss or cheddar.
• Paprika
• Nutmeg
• Sea salt + ground pepper

optional add ins

If you want to add additional meats, cheese or vegetables into your quiche, go ahead! I love how adaptable this quiche recipe is. You may want to add:

• Additional cheese
• Spinach
• Garlic
• Ham
• Sautéed mushrooms
• Freshly chopped herbs
• Edible flowers

what to serve with quiche

I love to serve something light and refreshing with quiche!

• Fruit Salad
• Roasted potatoes
• Fresh vegetables
• Dandelion arugula salad
• Vibrant salad with edible flowers
• Refreshing cucumber borage salad
• Garden pansy salad

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Mini classic quiche Lorraine recipe

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This is a perfect mini classic Quiche Lorraine recipe for a small garrden gathering. It's a simple open savory pie with a filling of creamy, caramelized onions, custard and lardons (or bacon!) It’s baked to perfection in a simple homemade crust. It’s the perfect individualized dish for breakfast, brunch, dinner, showers, easter, and tea parties!

Print Recipe

Prep Time:10 minutes mins

Cook Time:30 minutes mins

Additional Time:15 minutes mins

Total Time:55 minutes mins

Ingredients

• For the crust:
• 1 large egg
• 2 + 1/2 tablespoons ice water
• 1 + 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter cubed into small pieces
• For the custard:
• 1/2 lb thin strips of bacon chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1/2 yellow onion diced or 3 spring onions diced
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese
• 1 1/2 cups half & half
• 4 eggs large
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper finely ground
• 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

Instructions

• Prepare the crust
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the egg and ice water. Set aside.
• In a food processor, add the salt and flour. Pulse until combined. Add in the the cubed butter pieces and pulse until soft. Add in the egg and ice-water.. Pulse until a soft dough is formed.
• Carefully remov dough from food processor and transfer to a lightly floured surface. Roll out your quiche crust. I like to use my mini tart pans to stencil around the crust, for reference. I cut about 1/2 inch larger than the stencil. Gently move cut dough into tart pan and press down firmly with fingers. If there is extra hanging over, simply trim.
• Move dough in pans to freezer for 20 minutes. Your dough will be nice and flaky if it's baked cold.

Prepare the add ons:

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Preheat a large skillet over medium heat and add chopped bacon. Cook, stirring often until the fat is rendered and the bacon is crisp. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon to a separate dish.
• Add the diced onions to the bacon fat and cook stirring often until the onions are golden. Remove with a slotted spoon to the dish with the bacon.
• Add in any other vegetables you'd like to add. I used peppers.

Prepare the custard:

• 
  In a large bowl whisk 4 eggs, then add 1 1/2 cups half and half, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/4 tsp paprika and 1/8 tsp of nutmeg and whisk together for about a minute to incorporate a little bit of air into the custard. Stir in the cheese, prepared bacon and onion then pour the filling into the prebaked crust.
• 
  Bake the Quiche Lorraine:
  
  Bake the quiche Lorraine in a preheated 350 F oven for about 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean and the center jiggles slightly. The quiche will continue cooking after it is removed from the oven. Cool slightly before serving and garnish with fresh herbs if desired.

Notes

Quiche lorraine is traditionally served at room temperature. Wait for quiche to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing it from the mini tart pan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 340kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 26g

Cuisine: Quiche

Keyword: mini quiche

Servings: 4 mini quiches

Calories: 340kcal

Author: strawberrybuckley

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