I made these quiches for the potluck that we are having at the library tomorrow. I never actually signed the sheet we had in the office because I couldn’t decide what to make, but about 4:30 this afternoon I started browsing through the recipes that I have archived from the daily recipe email that I get to see if I could find some inspiration.
Though neither of the recipes I ended up making were in my personal archive, I was inspired by one for a quiche. Since it wasn’t quite what I was looking for, I browsed through Allrecipes.com until I found three candidates. The first was a traditional Quiche Lorraine, the second a broccoli quiche, and the third was a zucchini quiche. Though the zucchini quiche sounded very tasty, in the end I decided to make the Quiche Lorraine (pictured on the left) and the Easy Broccoli Quiche (pictured on the right).
I chose the Quiche Lorraine because it is what most people think of when they think of quiche. I chose the broccoli quiche because I like broccoli and I always make things for potlucks that I like, but also because I know we have some vegetarians at the library and I wanted to make sure they had something to eat too.
After a quick trip to the store to buy some pie tins, a cheese grater, and the ingredients for both quiches, I began to cook. According to the recipes the prep time for each quiche should have been somewhere in the vicinity of 20 minutes, but it took me closer to 45 to prepare them simultaneously. I am not sure if I am badly organized or what, but the estimated prep time on a recipe is never how long it takes me! The cook time on the recipe indicated that each quiche should have been done in about 30 minutes, but the broccoli quiche didn’t firm up until it had been in the oven for about 45 minutes and the Quiche Lorraine took nearly an hour.
I watched them closely to prevent the pie crust from burning and thus far I am pleased with how they turned out. The real test, however, will be tomorrow at the potluck. Hopefully they will taste as good as they look and smell right now.