Grammy's Kitchen · Quiche · Crustless Quiche, Loaded with Kale

One of 98 quiche recipes we measured

Crustless Quiche, Loaded with Kale

from alexandracooks.com

It ranks #1 of 98 for fluffiness among the quiche recipes we compared. 6 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on20m
waiting1.0 hr
levelintermediate
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The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 98.

this recipe typical
dairy98%81%
protein add0%59%
vegetables and beans0%33%
salt2%1%
aromatics0%16%
liquid98%102%

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 98 for fluffiness

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

250 g5 large eggs
3 T. all-purpose flour
1 cup crème fraîche (see recipe below)
244 g1 cup whole milk
6 g1 tsp. kosher salt
1 g1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 g1 T. fresh thyme*, finely chopped
420 g1 to 3 cups** uncooked coarsely chopped kale or chard or mustard greens, etc

Method: 4 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Yum yum yum! This has been one of my favorite dishes for years. I follow the recipe exactly using 3 cups of kale (measured after a chop with scissors) and following cooking and cooling exactly too.  Even though it always seems it won't fit in the pie pan - it ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I love this quiche.  Ali is so right that it makes the custard the star not the ingredients.  My family all love it.  I do like the idea of purposely leaving some oiled kale on top to make a little additional texture.  ” — a cook, 5.0★
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