Quiche facts for kids
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Quiche
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| Type | Savoury |
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| Place of origin | France |
| Main ingredients | Pastry case filled with egg and cheese, meat, seafood or vegetables |
Quiche ( KEESH) is a savoury dish consisting of pastry crust filled with eggs, milk or cream, and cheese, meat, seafood or vegetables. Quiche can be served hot or cold. It is part of French cuisine but is also popular in other countries, particularly as party food.
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Overview
Etymology
The word is first attested in French in 1805, and in 1605 in Lorrain patois. The first English usage — "quiche Lorraine" — was recorded in the Indiana Evening Gazette in 1925. The further etymology is uncertain but it may be related to the German Kuchen meaning "cake" or "tart".
History
Quiche may have originated in Germany, in the medieval kingdom of Lothringen, under German rule, and which the French later renamed Lorraine. The word "quiche" is from the German "Kuchen", meaning cake.
Nowadays quiche is considered a French dish; however, using eggs and cream in pastry was also practiced in English cuisine at least as early as the 14th century and Italian cuisine at least as early as the 13th century. Recipes for eggs and cream baked in pastry containing meat, fish and fruit are referred to Crustardes of flesh and Crustade in the 14th-century The Forme of Cury and in 15th-century cookbooks, such as the Italian Libro de arte coquinaria.
Varieties
Quiche has a pastry crust and a filling of eggs and milk or cream. It can be made with vegetables, meat and seafood.
Quiche lorraine
Quiche lorraine (named after the Lorraine region of France) is a popular variant that was originally an open pie with eggs, cream and lardons. In English-speaking countries, modern preparations of the dish usually include mature cheese (Cheddar cheese often being used in British varieties), and the lardons are replaced by bacon.
Other varieties
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There are many variants of quiche, using a wide variety of ingredients. Variants may be named descriptively, often in French, e.g. quiche au fromage (quiche with cheese) and quiche aux champignons (quiche with mushrooms) or conventionally, e.g. florentine (spinach) and provençale (tomatoes).
Images for kids
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Quiche Lorraine
See also
In Spanish: Quiche para niños
