Authentic Quiche Recipe France, Europe

The following recipe is adapted from the Tourism Lorraine website (www.tourism-lorraine.com). It uses a pre-made shortcrust pastry, and there's no need to add salt to the dish since the smoked bacon is salty enough as it is. 

This recipe for quiche with spinach and cheese is adapted from the Once upon a Chef website (www.onceuponachef.com). Be careful to press all the water out from the spinach, since any remaining liquid will make the dish soggy.  

The following recipe is adapted from the Simply Recipes website (www.simplyrecipes.com). Make sure to sauté the mushrooms before baking to remove the excess liquid; otherwise, the quiche might turn out soggy. Include some shiitake mushrooms for a richer flavor. 

This recipe uses puff pastry and is adapted from the Cinnamon, Spice & Everything nice website (www.cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice.com). While baking, cover the crust with some foil if it starts to brown excessively. 

This traditional recipe for quiche Lorraine shows how to make the shortcrust pastry from scratch. Although pepper is a must, seasoning the filling with nutmeg is optional. 

Adapted from the Tourism Lorraine website, the official tourist site of the Lorraine region, this recipe suggests preparing the quiche Lorraine with pre-made shortcrust pastry. As the bacon is already salty enough, no additional salt is added to the filling mixture.

In this variant, two things stand out. First, the quiche Lorraine is prepared with pre-made puff pastry; and second, the recipe suggests straining the bacon after frying to prevent the quiche from being too greasy.

The following recipe gives instructions on how to make a classic French quiche au fromage, both for the shortcrust pastry and the filling, which is just custard and cheese, that can be seasoned with nutmeg. You can experiment with the kinds of cheese you use, but take care that they are good melting cheeses. In case you decide to use a Swiss-type of cheese, you can season the quiche with a sprinkling of nutmeg.

The following recipe gives instructions on how to prepare quiche au fromage in under an hour. The pie is made with store-bought puff pastry and the filling with just eggs, milk, and Gruyère.

The following recipe is for a quiche with goat’s cheese filling. Additional ingredients include onions and parsley, which have been previously sautéed in butter. You can use store-bought shortcrust pastry, or make one from scratch.