Looking for a standout quiche recipe to make mornings more delicious? Try this easy Breakfast Quiche! We’ve become positive quiche experts over here, trying every different flavor. This one has come out on top! Hearty hashbrowns, bell peppers, and feta cheese for a perfectly-seasoned savory filling. Encase it all in a flaky pastry crust, and it’s simple to bake up as a make-ahead breakfast or fancy brunch. Here’s how to do it!
Ingredients in this breakfast quiche
A quiche is a French pastry filled with a custard and savory fillings. Many quiche recipes you can eat for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner, making them extremely versatile! You can also eat them warm or cold, making leftovers a great snack or simple dinner. This breakfast quiche we created with ease in mind: the ingredients are simple and evocative of a breakfast casserole. Here’s what you’ll need:
Quiche crust: 1 homemade recipe or refrigerated pie dough* Eggs Milk Heavy cream Dried mustard, dried oregano, garlic powder, salt and pepper Cheddar cheese Feta cheese Frozen or refrigerated hashbrowns Green onions Red bell pepper
For the crust: purchased is quickest
The best way to make a quiche recipe is with homemade quiche crust! But with a breakfast quiche, you may want to learn towards purchased crust to make preparation simpler. For this recipe, we used a purchased crust! Here are the pros and cons to each method:
Homemade crust holds its shape better and tastes better. This quiche crust tastes so much better than store-bought: it’s more buttery and flaky. It can also hold a crimped crust better. Purchased crust is faster. Purchased crust works too: especially for this breakfast quiche. We’ve had some issues with refrigerated pie dough holding its shape in a crimped pattern. For refrigerated or frozen crusts, we recommend using the decoration where you press the fork tines into the crust (see the photos).
Tips for blind baking
The biggest key to making this breakfast quiche? Blind bake the crust! This means you bake the pastry crust without the filling first to avoid a soggy bottom. This is essential with quiche because the filling is so liquid (but not required with say, apple pie which has a chunkier filling). Here’s how to blind bake a crust:
Prick holes with a fork all over the crust. This is called docking: it helps keep the crust from puffing up while in the oven without filling. Add parchment paper then pie weights, dried beans, or rice! Pour them right into the crust. We use two sets of these pie weights. Bake for 12 minutes at 400°F, then reduce the heat to 350°F. Remove the pie weights. Remove the weights and bake 20 to 25 more minutes until the crust is golden.
For the pie crust shield
For this breakfast quiche recipe, you’ll also need to use a pie crust shield. This prevents the pie crust from burning in the oven by covering just the crust, allowing the filling to bake uncovered. There are two options for a pie crust shield:
Make a pie crust shield with aluminum foil. Cut a hole in the center of a large sheet of foil that’s the diameter of your pie plate. The foil will rest on the crust, but allow the filling to bake uncovered. Here’s a video with instructions for more details. Or, buy a metal pie crust shield. Here’s a link to buy a pie crust shield online.
Breakfast quiche filling ideas
There are lots of ways to make a breakfast quiche! This one is flavored similar to our hashbrown breakfast casserole. But you can swap in different seasonings or filling ingredients to your liking! Here are a few ideas and tips:
Don’t overfill the quiche. Try to keep the approximate volume of vegetables similar to the recipe below. Try other sauteed vegetables like very small broccoli florets, mushrooms, or onions. Add fresh vegetables like sundried tomatoes, finely diced bell pepper, or frozen and thawed spinach (with all liquid squeezed out). Vary the cheese. Try adding smoked gouda or smoked mozzarella in place of the cheddar cheese, or add grated Parmesan.
Make it a meal
Wondering how to make quiche into a meal? Go to What to Serve with Quiche for easy side dish ideas, from simple salads to banana muffins.
More quiche recipes
Love a good quiche? Here are a few other recipes you might enjoy:
Go for this Basic Quiche or Easy Quiche Grab a Broccoli Cheddar Quiche Try a Classic Spinach Quiche or Spinach Mushroom Quiche, or remove the crust for Crustless Quiche with Spinach Grab an Classic Asparagus Quiche
This breakfast quiche recipe is…
Vegetarian.
No reviews **To make your own crust shield, cut a hole in the center of a large sheet of foil that’s the diameter of your pie plate. The foil will rest on the crust but let the pie filling be uncovered. Here’s a video with instructions for more details
