Quiche Without Crust

[MrSpock]

Yep, you've heard this before... This is translated from the French cookbook "À table avec Thermomix". Note that I haven't tried this recipe, either. Maybe I should stop translating and actually cook!  

Quiche Without Crust

3        eggs
500 g  milk
100 g  flour
100 g  gruyère
4        slices of ham
Salt, pepper


Preheat oven at 210°C

Put the gruyère chopped in chunks in the bowl and mix 8 sec, speed 7. Reserve.

Place all other ingredients except the ham in the bowl, and mix 30 seconds, speed 5.

Add the grated cheese in the bowl, and mix 5 seconds, reverse, speed 2

Butter a pie dish. Place the diced ham in the dish and cover with the contents of the bowl.

Bake 40 minutes at 210°C

Thermomix tip: Vary the flavor of this quiche by using leftovers from your fridge, like mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, bacon…

members' comments

JD - didn't have any ham so used fresh asparagus.  It is certainly quick and easy and can be adapted to use anything you have in your fridge basically.  Nice one to whip up for unexpected visitors.  Mine lacked a bit of taste with just the asparagus so next time I will put more goodies in it to boost the flavour.

Chelsea - I had read JD's review (thanks JD) so I grabbed some extra goodies out of the fridge for flavour. I used cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, smoked ham and lot's of cracked pepper.  We all really enjoyed it with some crusty bread.  Our guests couldn't believe I had whipped it up so quickly.  I love this recipe and will be making it often.

cathy79 - Can put anything in it - cooked diced chicken, corn, cheese
Asparagus, bacon or ham, tomato
Mushrooms, capsicum, steamed broccoli and carrot
Spinach, tomato, fetta and maybe roast pumpkin? haven't tried this, brainstorming now.
Basically any quiche combination or omelette flavouring.  Need to be careful with anything with too much liquid as it goes soggy.  So not too much tomato for example. This freezes quite well.

I made this last night (with asparagus and bacon) but cooked in individual quiches in my muffin pan.  Made exactly a dozen.  I find there's something more intimate about individual pies, quiches, cakes etc as opposed to a slice of something larger.  And cooks much quicker!  Took half the time.

I gave it a go in the pizza maker (in the frittata dish) and it turned out pretty well.  I used this recipe but just 3/4 of the quantities. It wasn't quite as nice as when cooked in the oven but so fast that I will still do it occasionally for a family meal with a nice garden salad.

NomesFog - I've made this a few times from a Tupperware recipe called Impossible Quiche.
I've noticed that if you want to use a 'wet' ingredient like sliced tomatoes, if you lay it on top of the quiche as it's cooking it will not be so soggy and also it's very pretty and gives you a good guide to slicing it later!

[Thermomixer]

You're doing a superb job - don't worry.  I translated about 20 or so recipes that I never tried, and some that I probably wouldn't, just to make recipes available from a book that I cannot buy - The Full Steam Ahead Cookbook.

I said this elsewhere, but like a broken record.....  , I am not a real pastry person, so this is a great recipe for me.  Ta.

[judydawn]

I made this one today, didn't have any ham so used fresh asparagus.  It is certainly quick and easy and can be adapted to use anything you have in your fridge basically.  Nice one to whip up for unexpected visitors.  Mine lacked a bit of taste with just the asparagus so next time I will put more goodies in it to boost the flavour. 

[Thermomixer]

From memory, one of the old WW cookbooks had a crustless asparagus quiche??

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

We had some unexpected guests for lunch today, so I thought I would give this a whirl. I had read JD's review (thanks JD  ) so I grabbed some extra goodies out of the fridge for flavour. I used cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, smoked ham and lot's of cracked pepper.  We all really enjoyed it with some crusty bread.  Our guests couldn't believe I had whipped it up so quickly.  I love this recipe and will be making it often.

I would love to know of other combinations of flavours that other people would suggest for this dish?

[cathy79]

This sounds exactly like what mum always called impossible pie which is a Sunday night favourite.  Always makes nice leftovers for lunch the next day too.

Can put anything in it - cooked diced chicken, corn, cheese
Asparagus, bacon or ham, tomato
Mushrooms, capsicum, steamed brocolli and carrot
Spinach, tomato, fetta and maybe roast pumpkin? haven't tried this, brainstorming now.

Basically any quiche combination or omlette flavouring.  Need to be careful with anything with too much liquid as it goes soggy.  So not too much tomato for example.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Thanks Cathy.  Those combinations sound very nice. 

[Thermomixer]

Great ideas Cathy - wonder if we should try doing it as a custard in the Varoma

[cathy79]

Thermomixer, how do you propose that would work?  I'm still very new to the Varoma.

Also, this freezes quite well.  A few weeks ago I whipped up zucchinni slice in the TMX, into tray ready for the oven, then without rinsing the bowl, whipped up impossible pie and popped both straight into the oven.  Rinsed the bowl and cooked dinner(can't remember what now).  So between 5:30 and 6:30 I'd made zucchinni slice, impossible pie and dinner!  That's the fantastic thing about this machine!

[cookie1]

I don't use the varoma for quiches but I do heat the eggs etc a little as per Nico's book and the quiche cooks so much faster.

[Thermomixer]

Thermomixer, how do you propose that would work?  I'm still very new to the Varoma.

You can make frittatas/omelettes in the Varoma - see here http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=862.msg4354#msg4354 or you can place a suitbly sized pie-dish in there too

[cathy79]

Ahh, thanks for the link.  I'll have to try it.  I guess something I can cook something in the bowl at the same time?  I just want to make sure I use all that water for something.

[Thermomixer]

You can put extra vegies under the Varoma tray and steam those.  put some veg or rice in the basket and even make a sauce at the same time.

If you are making a sauce then add some extra liquid to make up for the moisture that disappears in the steam.

[cathy79]

I made this last night (with asparagus and bacon) but cooked in individual quiches in my muffin pan.  Made exactly a dozen.  I find there's something more intimate about individual pies, quiches, cakes etc as opposed to a slice of something larger.  And cooks much quicker!  Took half the time.

[judydawn]

Great idea - I agree, they would look so much nicer and much quicker to serve to Cathy.