Quiche with Broccoli, Mushrooms and Kale is a tasty vegetarian quiche made with flavorful smoked Gouda cheese.

Filled with a basic custard mixture of beaten egg, cream and seasonings over a filling of cheese and other ingredients, quiche is the sublime and perfect French pie. It can be served warm or cold, although I prefer mine around room temperature. And although you can serve this warm, it slices best after it has had about 15 minutes to settle and cool just a bit.

And although the quiche is French, it was originally German, and evolved out of recipes for kuchen, brought over the alps in the Alsatian regions. You may have heard of Alsatian Quiche, which is similar to Quiche Lorraine. Both have a love of cheese, bacon and shallot, although many different types of vegetables can be used, as well as different types of meats and seafood. Everyone will have their own favorite combinations.

I enjoy varying the ingredients in my quiche, especially the cheese. Most cheese will work wonderfully, especially if it is a semi-hard or semi-soft cheese. Although I don’t tend to bake with ripened cheeses much as those are at their best alongside quiche with a platter of fresh fruit and crackers, flat bread or baguette.

Quiche is wonderful for breakfast or brunch although I will eat it anytime, and made into a tart as I have today, and sliced into manageable pieces, or alternatively baked into mini-quiche in a small muffin pan, it makes a great food for entertaining.

This savory vegetable quiche can be made as a tart or more like pie, whichever you prefer. The baking time won’t be affected by that at all, so whichever pan you have or like should do just fine.

As for the saying that “Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche“, don’t be fooled. Some guy out there obviously has himself a plan to scare all the other men away and keep their share for himself. And it is possible that after you taste this quiche, you will be tempted to come up with a ruse of your own.

But be good! Quiche is really simple to make, as well as make-ahead and reheat, so make all you want and invite your friends for a quiche party. Show them what real people eat. I know I would.

~Sue

Quiche with Broccoli, Mushrooms and Kale
by Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

3.28.14

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