Crustless Quiche
Crustless Quiche
This Crustless Quiche is an easy and versatile recipe that is perfect for breakfast or dinner. Add your favourite quiche ingredients to a simple egg base, and you have a tasty crustless quiche ready in less than 1 hour. A simple and easy meal.
About this recipe:
This Crustless Quiche is like a classic quiche but without the pie crust. Because you’re not making a pastry crust, this recipe is so easy and comes together quickly! And you don’t have to worry about a soggy quiche when there’s no crust!
What readers are saying!
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A great way to use leftovers!
When I don’t know what to have for dinner, the first thing that comes to mind is this great recipe for Crustless Quiche! The great thing about this recipe is that it’s great for using up leftovers. Just add ingredients you have around: leftover ham, or cubed cooked potato, spinach, tomatoes…you name it.
Perfect for special occasions like the holidays!
Because this recipe comes together so easily, and also because it’s SO delicious, it’s a perfect meal for any holiday season! It’s an especially perfect addition to a Christmas morning menu. After about 15 minutes prep work, pop it the oven, and about 45 minutes later breakfast is served! You can even meal prep the night before, then pop it in the oven while you are opening gifts. Serve it with some easy Cinnamon Buns and a fruit salad and you’ve got the best breakfast ever!
Crustless Quiche Recipe Tips & Tricks
- DISH TO USE: This recipe is best baked in a 9-inch pie plate. Sometimes I will also use an 8 × 8 glass baking dish. If I’m doubling the recipe I use a 9 × 13 lasagna pan.
- EGGS: Use large eggs.
- CHEESE: Most types of cheese will work for this: mozzarella, cheddar, marble, Monterey Jack, Swiss cheese, or gruyere cheese
- MILK: You can use 1%, 2%, whole milk, cream, or heavy cream
- QUICHE FILLINGS: Remember it is a TOTAL of 1 cup of additions.
- onions: green onions, shallots, purple, red onion or white onion, or even caramelized onions
- tomatoes: chopped cherry tomatoes or any type of tomato
- mushrooms
- Swiss chard or fresh spinach
- bell pepper
- cooked potatoes and sweet potato
- asparagus
- broccoli
- cooked ham or Canadian bacon
- cooked bacon (make sure to use crispy bacon)
- crumbled cooked sausage (breakfast sausage is great!)
- a couple tablespoons of Parmesan cheese, feta cheese or goat cheese
- LEFTOVERS: Store any leftovers in an airtight container (or cover tightly with a layer of plastic wrap) in the refrigerator. After the quiche has been in the fridge you may notice a little bit of excess moisture, just drain it off.
- FREEZING: You can freeze leftovers. Just place individual slices on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Then put the baking sheet into the freezer and freeze overnight. Once the slices have frozen, transfer them to a ziplock bag and freeze.
- INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS: If you want to make individual portions into crustless mini quiche, don’t miss my post on how to make Easy Egg Bites in a Muffin Tin!
- MAKE AHEAD? I do not recommend making this dish ahead of time. It’s best served immediately.
Favourite Flavour Ideas:
Serving Suggestions:
- For Breakfast: Serve this crustless quiche with some easy Cinnamon Buns and a fruit salad.
- For Dinner: Serve with a green salad and toast.
Crustless Quiche
Ingredients
Crustless Quiche Base:
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup grated cheese
- 2 tbsp parmesan cheese optional
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 cup optional ingredients See Below
1 cup Additional Ingredient Ideas:
- cubed cooked ham or crumbled cooked bacon
- crumbled cooked sausage
- chopped broccoli
- chopped tomatoes cherry tomatoes or any kind
- chopped onions or green onions
- chopped spinach
- chopped asparagus
- cooked cubed potato or sweet potato
- mushrooms
- bell pepper
- a couple tablespoons of Parmesan cheese feta cheese or goat cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl whisk together the milk, egg, cheese and salt and pepper.
- Stir in the additional ingredients you are using (should be 1 cup total).
- Pour the quiche mixture into a 9-inch pie pan, and bake uncovered for about 45 minutes. Or until the centre is set, and not jiggly, and the edges are golden brown.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
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- DISH TO USE: This recipe is best baked in a 9-inch pie plate. Sometimes I will also use an 8 × 8 glass baking dish. If I’m doubling the recipe I use a 9 × 13 lasagna pan.
- CHEESE: Most types of cheese will work for this: mozzarella, cheddar, marble, Monterey Jack, Swiss cheese, or gruyere cheese
- MILK: You can use 1%, 2%, whole milk, cream, or heavy cream
- QUICHE FILLINGS: Remember it is a TOTAL of 1 cup of additions.
- LEFTOVERS: Store any leftovers in an airtight container (or cover tightly with a layer of plastic wrap) in the refrigerator. After the quiche has been in the fridge you may notice a little bit of excess moisture, just drain it off.
- FREEZING: You can freeze leftovers. Just place individual slices on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Then put the baking sheet into the freezer and freeze overnight. Once the slices have frozen, transfer them to a ziplock bag and freeze.
- INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS: If you want to make individual portions into crustless mini quiche, don’t miss my post on how to make Easy Egg Bites in a Muffin Tin!MAKE AHEAD? I do not recommend making this dish ahead of time. It’s best served immediately.
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Have a delicious day!
I made this recipe last night using zucchini, mushrooms and deli ham. I made it in 6 individual serving glass ramekins. It came out great. I will definitely be using this recipe again.
Oh that sounds like a perfect combination!
Hi! Can i use frozen broccoli? If so should I put it in cooked or frozen?
Great recipe. I used 6 eggs, 1 cup cheese (mixture of parmesan and havarti), 1.5-2 cups additional ingredients (1 cup cooked/chopped bacon, 1 small red bell pepper chopped, and 1/4 or less of chopped onion), and 1 cup milk. We used a premade crust. Mixed it all together and baked in a 10.5 inch pie pan at 350 for about 35-40 minutes in my breville convention oven (don’t forget to move the tray to the lowest part of the oven for baking).
Oh my, that sounds DELICIOUS! I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe and made it your own!
Thanks for sharing this recipe! As I’m on the high fat Keto diet, I used heavy whipping cream instead of milk. I sauteed chopped onions, crumpled bacon and fresh spinach, added to the mixture and baked for 40 minutes. The last 5 minute I sprinkled additional sharp cheddar cheese to the top. Delish!
Delicious! What a great recipe that you can personalize for your family. I made it the night before and baked in the morning. I had to add a few minutes to the bake time, but it turned out wonderful. Definitely a keeper!!
I’m making this recipe as I’m writing this. I’m hoping it turns out as good as your picture shows ??
It’s done! It looks like the picture ?
Yay! I’m so happy you made this recipe…it’s a family fave here!
Just made this with bacon, mizithra grated up, spinach, and topped with mozzarella cheese for the last few minutes. Pretty as a picture and what a heavenly smell my house has now! It’s as good as it sounds too. Thanks for a great versatile recipe. I look forward to having this in many different variations.
Oh my that sounds SO delicious! And I love your tip to use heavy cream…I’m definitely trying that next time!
I also substituted heavy cream for the milk. This was suggested to me by a local chef, whose quiche is to die for. I asked him his secret and he generously shared this tip. Also, I used an electric hand mixer to make sure the eggs and cream were well blended. Then I just stirred in the remaining ingredients. Hope this helps clarify my method.
I was going to make an omelette for dinner when my husband suggested quiche instead. That’s how I got here. I had all the basics ingredients already. I used canned low-fat evaporated milk because we only use almond milk on a day to day basis so I keep a couple of cans of evaporated milk in the cabinet for times like this. The only add ins I had in the fridge were kale and scallions so I used them. Of course the kale made it a “healthy” quiche. I also added a generous shake of garam marsala while I was whisking the eggs and milk. Great recipe. Hopefully next time I’ll have something really decadent (like bacon or sausage) around to add in because there WILL be a next time.
Oh that is so great! The nicest thing about this recipe is how versatile it is!