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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Dinner, Meal Keto French quiche
The most classic of all savory pies! An authentic quiche is of French descent with a few, well-chosen ingredients making up the filling – cheese, eggs – and of course, bacon!
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Ingredients
Pie crust
- 1¼ cups (5 oz.) 300 ml (140 g) almond flour
- 4 tbsp 4 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp ground psyllium husk powder
- ½ tsp ½ tsp salt
- 1 1 eggeggs
- 2 oz. 55 g butter, at room temperature
Filling
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp butter
- 2⁄3 lb 300 g smoked pork belly or bacon or pancetta
- 1 (4 oz.) 1 (110 g) yellow onionyellow onions
- 1 tsp 1 tsp dried thyme
- ½ tsp ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 cup 240 ml heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups (8 oz.) 475 ml (230 g) cheddar cheese, shredded
- 5 5 eggeggs
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line an 8” (20 cm) springform pan with parchment paper.
- Using a food processor, mix the crust ingredients together, forming a firm dough. Press the dough into the pan with your hands or spatula, covering the pan bottom and half-way up the sides of the pan.
- Refrigerate the crust while preparing the filling.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the diced bacon, stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes, and then mix in the onion, thyme, salt, and pepper. Sauté until the bacon is lightly browned and the onion is tender. Using a slotted spoon, evenly spread the bacon mixture onto the crust.
- Add the heavy whipping cream, cheese, and eggs to a medium-sized bowl, and whisk together until combined.
- Pour the egg mixture into the crust, and loosely cover with tin foil. Bake on the middle rack for about 45 minutes, or until lightly browned. Before removing from the oven, insert a knife into the center of the filling to ensure that it is firm, and cooked through.
- Set aside to cool for 5 minutes, and then slice, serve, and enjoy!
Tip!
This pie is a perfect bring-to-work lunch, perhaps with a delicious green salad. It works both reheated or can be eaten cold.
47 comments
I also have been making crustless quiches (adding cream cheese and /or coconut flour + psyllium to give it more body) and it is pretty good but I do miss the crispy bottom! I definitely will give it a try.
I usually do not put thyme but I always add a pinch of cayenne and nutmeg to the filling. I have to say that the combination onion + thyme seems a great idea……Onion Quiche is my favorite!
Mine kind of makes a ball, as in it starts to form but then starts breaking up 3 seconds later so once it starts to form I turn the machine off. All you really want to do it jusy make sure its mixed. I'm thinking maybe yours was just a tad bit too wet? Mine seems fairly wet so the last time i made it I added 1/2 teaspoon coconut flour (be careful with coconut flour, it soaks up a LOT of liquid).
If your worried, just mix it by hand next time :)
And sure, here is the recipe.
For the dough:
140 g of almond flour,
50 g of coconut flour
50 g of flaxseed flour.
1 egg
50 g butter
salt and pepper
For the filling:
6 eggs
100 ml Crème légère,
100 ml of quark (I could easily use natural or Greek yogurt or ricotta cheese)
50 g of grana padano cheese
When the crust was cold, I added the fried bacon and onions, fresh spinach leaves, then I poured the egg mixture, and finish it with a few slices of fresh white cheese and about 50 g of shredded mozzarella (from cows, ideal for pizza, not the round white one from buffalo).
I would add a photo, but... :)
I didn't have any sesame seeds, so I added a few more tablespoons of almond flower. Flaxseeds might be a good replacement too.
Also, I used chilled butter in the crust and you should break it up into smaller pieces before throwing it all in the food processor.
Otherwise you might get big globs of butter in your dough.
3 eggs
200g to 250g of heavy whipping cream
200g of chopped smoked pork belly
Pepper and salt
And pinch of nutmeg
Give it a good whisk and you're all set ^^
You can also add up to 200ml of milk if you like your filling more fluffy and a chopped oignon that your stirr beforehand with the pork belly.
Not more simple than that!
Plus, that should reduce the carbs really good.
Only problem: they sold me psyllium seeds and not husk powder.
Can I use this as well to make these recipes? Or do I really need the husk powder?
Thanks a lot!
Femke
It definitely needs to be the powder. If you have a coffee bean grinder or other small blender/processor you may be able to grind it into powder.
I have also made the keto meat pie on this site several times, and that one has a different crust- I like them both but I think I might prefer this one as it has no coconut flour and I find the coconut flour to make the crust a bit (too) sweet.
Thanks
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Yes, this is suitable for freezing.