Crustless Mini Quiche Recipe - The Art of Food and Wine (2024)

FAQs

Why is my crustless quiche soggy? ›

One is if you didn't cook the meat and vegetables long enough, leaving excess moisture. That will make any quiche watery. Also, if the crustless quiche is baked too long or fast, the eggs might bind too quickly, releasing water and resulting in a soggy quiche.

Excess moisture is one reason why quiches collapse in a watery pool on your plate. Vegetables and meats like ham give off tremendous amounts of water when they're cooked. Therefore, if you're using vegetables in your quiche, it's imperative that you cook them first.

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 STORE: Refrigerate quiche in an airtight storage container for up to 3 days. TO REHEAT: Rewarm leftovers in a pie dish in the oven at 350 degrees F. TO FREEZE: You can freeze a crustless quiche.

Coating the inside surface of the bottom crust will create a barrier to prevent sogginess. Adding a layer of corn syrup or a slightly beaten egg white before pouring in the filling will form a seal between the pie dough and the filling and will help make the crust crisp and flaky.

"Vegetables will take longer to cook than your egg custard, so always sauté onions, steam broccoli, etc. before you add them to your egg mixture to ensure every bite of quiche will be perfectly cooked," says Kristin Beringson, executive chef at Henley in Nashville.

The quiche should be slightly jiggly, but not runny. This crustless quiche bakes for 35 minutes, which should be the perfect amount of time for the eggs to set without fear of over-baking.

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. Some frittatas are made with egg whites only.

The ratio maintains your custard's consistency. A good quiche custard typically features: 1 large egg to 1/2 cups of dairy. The dairy can be any combination of milk and/or half-and-half, for example: 1 large egg : ½ cup milk.

If you're low on dairy ingredients, don't fret. Greek yogurt can substitute milk, sour cream and heavy cream. Milk: If you're short on milk, half and half or light cream, Greek yogurt can be used to make up for the difference.

What is a good substitute for sour cream in quiche? ›

Dairy-Based Sour Cream Substitutes. Both Parks and Salunke recommend plain Greek yogurt as the best sour cream substitute to use in virtually any recipe, thanks to its comparable ingredient and nutritional compositions, similar consistency, and widespread availability.

WHAT IS A FRITTATA? Frittatas are Italian in origin and can be described as a cross between an omelet and a crustless quiche.

Safe Consumption Practices

Quiche should be stored in the fridge at or below 40°F and should be eaten within 3-4 days to maintain safety and quality. In the freezer, quiche can be safely stored for up to 3-4 months.

The USDA says food that has been left out of the fridge for more than two hours should be thrown away. At room temperature, bacteria grows incredibly fast and can make you sick. Reheating something that has been sitting at room temperature for longer than two hours won't be safe from bacteria.

Par-bake.

Par-baking is so important for pies with high moisture fillings—whether you're talking cream pies, chess pies, or your favorite quiche. Par-baking allows the base and sides of the crust to set, which means they'll absorb less moisture from the filling in the oven.

If you overbake it, you'll cook the jiggle right out of it. Instead, bake your quiche until the edges are set, but it still wobbles a little in the center. Follow This Tip: For a perfectly cooked quiche, just slightly underbake it. It's done when the edges are set, but the center still jiggles a bit.

Baked quiche should be removed from the oven before the center is completely set. The center will jiggle slightly when cup or dish is gently shaken. Quiche will continue to “cook” after it's removed and center will firm up quickly. Over baked quiche may curdle.