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.
Kathryn says:
Yes. I think the prep time for most recipes is based on a restaurant kitchen with merry sou chefs chopping all your vegetables for you and pulling out all the ingredients in order. It always takes longer than they say.
As far as the cooking time — have you calibrated your oven? You need to get an independent thermometer and put it in the oven. Test what temperature the oven thinks it is and what temperature it really is. Then adjust your recipes accordingly or recalibrate the oven itself. Sometimes you can do this by making an adjustment to a control behind the oven temperature knob. I’m sure they will both be appreciated even if they are unexpected.
11 December 2007 at 23:29
Jenna says:
Mmmmm, I love quiche and those two look absolutely scrumptious! You’re making me hungry. LOL.
12 December 2007 at 11:49
Shelleen says:
MMMM they look really good.
12 December 2007 at 15:26
Dacee says:
They look so good! I bet you didn’t have any leftover!
13 December 2007 at 08:29
Angela says:
I tried quiche only a couple years ago- and I love it! It was spinach quiche I think. YUM! Those look good enough to transport through the screen to me!!! hee hee.
Did you cook them at the same time? Whenever I do I always have to add cook time. Plus my oven is slow- always need to increase temp a bit and/or bake time.
Thank you for posting the recipe links as well!
17 December 2007 at 07:27