What is a Quiche?

Series Summary

The quiche is one of the most delicious items of French cuisine. Primarily made from eggs and milk, a quiche is a baked dish that combines ingredients in a tasty pie crust. While there are traditional types of quiches, part of the fun in making your own is that you can add whatever ingredients your little heart desires. One of the popular forms of quiche is Quiche Lorraine. In addition to the egg, this dish also adds bacon. It makes a wonderful breakfast dish.

If you are interested in learning how to make quiche dishes, this video series is perfect for you. Our expert chef, Laura Banford, shows you everything you need to know to make two delicious quiches. First, Laura shows you how to make the traditional Quiche Lorraine. Learn how to prepare the eggs and the pie crust for quiche. Also, Laura gives you another quiche recipe with asparagus and goat cheese. So, take some time, and learn how to make quiches today!

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village I'm Laura Banford. I'm going to tell you the tell of two quiches. It was the best of times it was the worst of times but it's always a good time for a quiche. Today we are going to talk about quiche. What is a quiche? A quiche is a delicious egg pie with a nice buttery crust it can have all different kinds of things in it. It usually has cheese but not always it sometimes has meat, even seafood like a shrimp quiche, that sounds delicious. Today we are going to talk about two different quiches the first is quiche Lorraine a classic bistro dish. The great thing about quiche is that you can have it for breakfast, lunch dinner or late night, quiches came to our shores in the 1960 but really gain popularity in the 1960's, with quiche Lorraine. Our first quiche dish. The second quiche that I'm going to make is more of an up dated quiche it has asparagus, goat cheese and chives. It's really going to be delicious so join me in the next clip when we talk about the equipment that you'll need to make a quiche."