{"id":1519243,"date":"2020-06-30T06:45:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T06:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/origin-www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/the-best-quiche-lorraine\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T03:54:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:54:34","slug":"the-best-quiche-lorraine","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/the-best-quiche-lorraine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Quiche Lorraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featuring eggs as a main dish is just plain smart: They’re economical, versatile and nutrient-dense<\/a>. Go beyond the basic scramble and learn how to make quiche Lorraine, the most famous quiche of them all.<\/p>\n

What is quiche Lorraine?<\/h2>\n

While Lorraine is the region in France that took basic quiche and made it famous, this region kisses the edge of Germany\u2014and the history of quiche Lorraine crosses borders. The word “quiche” actually comes from the German word for cake, kuchen, <\/em>as it is essentially an open-face savory cake.<\/p>\n

Quiches typically have a single crust on the sides and bottom, filled with a creamy egg filling and flavored with cheese. While a quiche’s additional ingredients are flexible (think all sorts of vegetables<\/a> and meat), a quiche Lorraine is simply bacon, cheese and onions.<\/p>\n

Ingredients for Quiche Lorraine<\/h2>\n