Grammy's Kitchen · Quiche · Crustless Quiche, Loaded with Kale
One of 98 quiche recipes we measured
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★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 98.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| dairy | 98% | 81% |
| protein add | 0% | 59% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 33% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| aromatics | 0% | 16% |
| liquid | 98% | 102% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 250 g | 5 large eggs |
| 3 T. all-purpose flour | |
| 1 cup crème fraîche (see recipe below) | |
| 244 g | 1 cup whole milk |
| 6 g | 1 tsp. kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper |
| 1 g | 1 T. fresh thyme*, finely chopped |
| 420 g | 1 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★