Quiche Lorraine (Easy Quiche Recipe)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 butter pie crust

  (see recipe [https://bakeitwithlove.com/butter-pie-crust/] - use half the double crust recipe)
• 4-6 strips bacon

  (thick sliced bacon is recommended)
• 1 small white onion

  (finely diced, or use a medium shallot)
• 1 cup Gruyere Swiss cheese

  (cubed)
• ¼ cup Parmesan cheese

  (grated)
• 3 large eggs

  (lightly beaten)
• 1 ½ cups heavy cream

  (or half & half, or a combination of 1 cup each milk and heavy cream)
• ½ teaspoon each, salt & pepper
• ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon Tabasco sauce

  (optional)
• 1 tablespoon butter

  (optional, cut into small pieces)

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C).
• 2 Line a 9 inch pie dish or tart pan with the uncooked butter pie crust
  [https://bakeitwithlove.com/butter-pie-crust/].
• 3 Cover the pie dough with a round piece of parchment paper. Use baking beads to
  fill about halfway up the pie pan. *If you do not have baking beads you can use
  dry beans to fill your crust for blind baking.
• 4 Place your pie dish or tart pan onto a baking sheet and blind bake the crust for
  approximately 10 minutes and then remove from oven. When cool enough, remove the
  baking beads (or beans) and parchment paper from inside the crust.
• 5 Cut 4-6 strips bacon into ¼ inch thick pieces and cook in a frying pan at
  medium-high heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. When the bacon is crisp, remove
  it from the pan and set the bacon aside on a paper towel-lined plate to cool.
• 6 Add the sliced 1 small white onion to the frying pan and saute for 3-5 minutes
  until onion is translucent, or until it reaches your desired level of
  tenderness. Remove from heat and combine with bacon and spread half of the bacon
  and onion in the pre-baked quiche crust.
• 7 Spread the 1 cup Gruyere Swiss cheese or Swiss cheese and ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
  over the bacon and onion in the pie crust. Top with the remaining half of the
  bacon and sauteed onion.
• 8 In a large mixing bowl combine the 3 large eggs, 1 ½ cups heavy cream, ⅛
  teaspoon ground nutmeg, ½ teaspoon each, salt & pepper (and ¼ teaspoon Tabasco
  sauce if using) and whisk them together lightly. Pour the egg mixture over the
  bacon, onions and cheeses. Top with optional 1 tablespoon butter bits for an
  extra rich quiche.
• 9 Return the filled pie dish or tart pan and baking sheet to the oven. Bake at
  375°F (190°C) for approximately 25-30 minutes, or until a knife inserted at the
  center comes out clean.
• 10 Remove from oven and allow to rest on a wire rack for about 10 minutes. Serve
  hot, warm or cold.

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