Breakfast Quiche
Published on September 21, 2017
Breakfast should never be boring: mix up your average quiche by setting it in a sourdough bread bowl. Gruyere and chives make it an instant favourite, one that works just as well at lunch or dinner.
–Recipe by Richard Ousby, Electrolux ambassador and Executive Chef of Stokehouse Restaurants in Brisbane and Melbourne, and Chef Nelly Robinson
Ingredients
- 1 loaf of sourdough from your local bakery
Quiche mix
- 500mL thickened cream
- 3 whole extra large eggs
- 2 extra large egg yolk
- 10g salt
- 3g fresh cracked black pepper
- 40g Gruyere cheese, grated
- 20g chives, finely chopped
Method
Sourdough crust
- Cut the bread top off (keep the base about 5 cm high)
- Slowly pick the inside bread out, avoid breaking the shell
- Pre-bake the shell at 165°C for 10 mins
- Set aside
Quiche
- Preheat oven to 155°C using the Electrolux Steam function
- Place whole eggs, egg yolks, cream, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Whisk until combined
- Pass the mix through a fine strainer
- Caramelise the diced bacon in a frying pan and then cool slightly
- Add the cold caramelised bacon, grated Gruyere cheese and chives to the quiche mix
- Season with salt and pepper. Mix well and pour into the sourdough bread shell
- Bake the quiche for 40 mins or until set