My Special Friday Night Vegetarian Onion and Tomato Quiche

"This is my family's favorite quiche recipe. I tend to make it on Friday nights, when my vegetarian stepdaughter arrives home from the week at university with a large appetite for something home-cooked and satisfying. Serve with a bowl of soup or a salad, and you've got just that. What makes it so delicious in my opinion is the "secret ingredient" . . . mustard smeared on the bottom of the crust.I have noted one TBS in the recipe, but use as much as you need to provide an even coating. This quiche definitely tastes as good cold as warm from the oven, and makes a nice appetizer when cut in small portions, as well."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Pre-heat oven to 400° F (or 200° C).
  • Blind-bake the pie shell till just set and beginning to brown, about 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool.
  • This can obviously be done in advance.
  • Saute the onion slices in the oil, and cook till they go golden.
  • Add the crumbled thyme, salt and pepper.
  • In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and the cream.
  • Spread the mustard evenly on the bottom of the quiche crust with a brush or spoon.
  • Next, spread the cheese evenly in the shell.
  • Follow by spreading the onions over the cheese.
  • They will not make a solid layer; distribute as evenly as possible.
  • Pour in the egg/cream mixture.
  • Lay the tomato slices on top.
  • Salt and pepper again, if desired.
  • Bake for approximately 35 minutes, or until filling has set and cooked all the way through to the center, and is nicely browned.
  • Remove from oven, serve, and enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. I've made this quiche twice. It was a hit both times. Once with 4 eggs and once with 3 eggs. I prefered the 4 egg version. Both were delish!
     
  2. I have made this several times now and wanted to add my 5 stars since i love it so much. I do change it up though based on ingredients i have on hand but yours is the base i use. This past time i made it with asparagus, a blend of white cheddar and (freshly grated) parmesan and grape tomatoes sliced in half... i have to agree with another reviewer though that i think just 3 eggs will do. Thanks so much for posting this delicious recipe :)
     
  3. My favorite quiche. Perfect because it uses ingredients that I always have on hand.
     
  4. I was looking for new recipes to use a glut of tomatoes and found this one. Even with the strong taste of the gruyere cheese my husband and I managed to wipe out an entire Quiche. Next time I'm going to try a dry white cheddar to try to tone down the cheese, but this is definitely a keeper!
     
  5. Very nice! Altered it a bit (added 1 lb. sauteed asparagus, used muenster cheese, 1/2 & 1/2). Mine needed a bit more cooking time (probably thicker due to more veggies) and was a bit watery (again, prob. due to addit'l. veggies) -- but delicious. I love mustard but was worried about the rest of my family, but it doesn't taste of mustard -- just a nice flavor that you can't quite put your finger on. Thanks FlemishMinx!
     
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Tweaks

  1. This was a delicious quiche! I made a few changes to the recipe; used grape tomatoes sliced in half, used less cheese & substituted gruyere with cheddar, used half-and-half instead of cream, and added some pitted green olives to the top along with the tomatoes. The only other change I will make next time will be to use 3 eggs instead of 4 because I had leftover egg mixture in the end that was too much for the pie crust. Very easy to follow recipe & it turns out great. Thanks FlemishMinx!
     

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I am an American married to a Belgian, and have lived in Belgium since December 1999. Cooking is my major hobby. I'm also an avid reader, but I have difficulty finding the time. I love to travel. Since moving to Europe I've been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to go a couple of times per year to Paris, as well as having visited London, Rome, Florence, Naples, Amsterdam, and of course Brussels and Antwerp. I've seen at least parts of most regions of France, as well as parts of Germany, Austria, a great deal of Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, and Monaco. I'm absolutely in love with the Bay of Naples and Sorrento coast areas of Italy, which my husband and I recently re-visited on a trip that included Rome, Puglia, Umbria and Marche. I'm still looking forward to Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic . . . the list is too long ! One of the bonuses of travel is getting to taste the local cuisine, and afterward trying to figure out how to duplicate it at home. I think cooking is one of the nicest things a person can do for someone they love (including themself!) I had to submit a picture with me and my cat, Sophie, as she insists on sitting in my lap when I'm sitting at the computer. If you are wondering what all that stuff hanging on the wall behind us in the photo is, it is just a small part of my husband's military medal collection. He was appalled by my posting this picture-- Our study is the messiest room in our house (thank god!)
 
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