Quiche question... Linda?

[Sashie]

My husband is driving me crazy with making him omlets (I put the cheese on the side for him) everyday to take to work with him. We started out with Quiche, but he says he doesn't like the cheese. My question is, can I make a quiche without the cheese or would I just be able to cut it down? Thanks in advance!

[not2late]

Re: Quiche question... Linda?

I'm not Linda, but does your husband dislike ALL cheese or only a particular type of cheese? If he doesn't like a particular cheese, you could substitute it for a milder cheese, like cream cheese.

But to answer your question, you can make a quiche without using any dairy (cheese, cream, etc.) products. If you want to do this, I suggest you google "bacon and egg pie" and use the proportions of egg to filling those recipes have. It's an English recipe but it differs from a quiche in that bacon and egg pies, typically don't contain milk/cream/cheese.

[apple]

Re: Quiche question... Linda?

Yes, you can make your quiche any way you want, with or without cheese. Personally, I like cutting up cream cheese chunks and spread that around the top and then cook it. The cream cheese is a creamy taste that I like. But if your hubby is avoiding any type of "cheese", by all means, have fun making him some egg quiches with meat and veggies, or just veggies. It's all about having fun cooking.

[apple]

Re: Quiche question... Linda?

Ps...sorry, I'm not Linda, either...lol...but just wanted to share the differences in enjoying making quiches and omletes even

[Sashie]

Re: Quiche question... Linda?

My apologies, I did not intend to make this post specific to just one person. I make alot of food from Linda's site and thought if noone else replied/knew I'd hope atleast she would. Thank you so much for your responses!

My hubby basically is just tired of so much cheese. Any type. To be honest though I am not sure if he would even be able to taste the cream cheese if I snuck it in there. I just was not sure if the recipe/texture would be different without the cheese present. I send him to work with 3 meals a day since he is working such long shifts. The quiche is just so much more convenient then having to make one more dish a day with all these kiddies running around.

Thanks again for your help!

[LindaSue]

Re: Quiche question... Linda?

I'm pretty sure that authentic Quiche Lorraine has no cheese in it. It's just a savory custard pie. However, if you leave out the cheese you may want to cut back on the cream a little or increase the number of eggs to account for there being more liquid. The cheese helps bind everything so you'll be relying on the eggs to do all the work if you leave it out. That shouldn't be a problem if you use at least 6 eggs with 1/2 cup to 1 cup of cream.

[Elizellen]

Re: Quiche question... Linda?

Linda is right - quiche lorraine can be made without cheese.
Here is one recipe I found for a traditional one (http://www.francethisway.com/quichelorraine.php) - I have only copied the 'filling' part as you wont want to make the crust as it has flour. It does suggest adding cheese on top to make it more 'exciting' but I have made it with no cheese and it still tastes good

Filling
100 gm of bacon, chopped small and fried slightly. (In France you can buy 'lardons' - pre-cut and chopped bacon - that are ideal.) Sprinkle this bacon onto the pastry.
Beat 2 large eggs and 2 egg yolks together with about 150ml of cream, some salt and pepper. Pour this mix into the tart. if it looks a bit low you can add a little bit of milk, but don't add too much!

If you like, sprinkle some grated cheese - gruyere works well - on the top of the quiche. This gives your quiche lorraine even more excitement!

Cook in a fairly hot pre-heated oven (375 F / 190 C) for 25-30 minutes, remove and allow to cool a while. Eat, warm or cold.

[Sashie]

Re: Quiche question... Linda?

I decided to try out some new muffin tins my mother in law brought down for me. I made up the basic mixture of quiche from Lindas site (I think its 1c cream and 6 eggs). I used up 9 eggs, 3 egg whites (left over from cheesecake), 2c cream, I added a bit of ground garlic/salt (I'm weird I like garlic in my eggs), pepper, then went hunting in my fridge for the leftover goodies. Some ham, red bell pepper, mushrooms, green onions, some left over poppers (OMG will do again!) sausage, and like 5 different cheeses. Greased the tins, stacked them full of various mixtures of things, poured the eggs over that and baked. 350 for 30ish minutes. Delish! Hubby can have his non cheese ones, I can eat all the popper ones (hahaha j/k, had to share with mother in law so good!). I figure would be easy to freeze that way too. I ended up getting about 28 little quiches or so. I bet I could have gotten a bit more if I would have really stuffed the first tray like I did the other ones.
All I know is I don't have to eat the same thing all week, or have it without cheese.... and that to me is pleasing!