Name: Quiche
Yield: Makes one 9-inch quiche
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sea salt; 7 ounces (200 g) leeks, sliced into thin rings; 3 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced; 1½ pounds (680 g) mixed mushrooms, such as baby portobello, shiitake, and oyster, sliced or chopped; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 white onions, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 eggs; 5 egg yolks; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon coarse salt; 1 egg; ½ cup (120 ml) cold water; About 1 pound (455 g) smoked salmon trimmings; 2¾ cups (360 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; ¼ cup (½ stick/60 g) cold unsalted butter, diced; 10½ ounces (300 g) broccoli florets, sliced; ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon (200 ml) heavy cream; ½ cup (120 ml) milk

Preparation info

Makes
one
9 inch quiche

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Hot Coals

By Jeroen Hazebroek and Leonard Elenbaas

Published 2015

About

You can improvise endlessly with the fillings for quiche, but these are two of our favorites. More robust vegetables like broccoli or cauliflower are best sliced to ensure tenderness. The amount of custard needed to bind everything together depends on the ingredients and the size of the pie. Make sure all ingredients are completely covered by custard.