If you like broccoli you’re going to love this recipe for a delicious , light and fluffy broccoli cheddar quiche. Perfectly seasoned with just salt and pepper, this is a quiche where broccoli is the star 🥦.

The occasion

This outstanding broccoli cheddar quiche was brought by Angeles to our Galentine’s lunch last week. When I say this was one outstanding quiche – I mean the quiche was fluffy and light and perfectly delicious. I immediately asked for the recipe and made it the next day!

A formula that works with any add-ins

The recipe is from Sally’s Baking Recipes. Sally describes this recipe as a a base quiche formula with any add-ins you want. Just 2-cups. No more and no less! For this perfect quiche formula to work, it has to be just 2 cups of add-ins plus 1 cup of any cheese of your choice. In this case it was 2-cups of broccoli and onions plus 1-cup of cheddar cheese

What’s the formula?

For the perfect quiche Sally has the formula down pact! Here it is…

For the quiche base:
4 eggs
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup any cheese of your choice – feta, cheddar, gruyere, gouda
2 cups of add ins – lightly sauted broccoli and onions or spinach, or any other add-ins you prefer. For more add-in ideas take a look at Sally’s link Sally’s Baking Recipes for Perfect Quiche.
Salt and pepper
Pie crust

Easy recipe but it does take time to bake

The formula as you can see is easy however the quiche does take time to cook – 45-50 minutes. So go ahead and mix everything and bake and then sit back and relax. In about an hour you will have a delicious quiche ready for the table.

Broccoli Cheddar Quiche
from Sally’s Baking Recipes

Ingredients:
4 eggs
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup any cheese of your choice – feta, cheddar, gruyere, gouda
Salt and pepper
Pie crust – I used frozen
2 cups of add ins – lightly sauted broccoli and onions (2 cups total of broccoli and onions). Saute the veggies in 1-2 tbsp olive oil for about a 1 minute. Set aside.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly sprinkle pie crust with cheese and partially bake for 15 minutes. Take out of the oven and set aside. Switch the oven temperature to 350F.

Using a hand mixer combine eggs, milk and cream. Whisk for about 1 minute. Next add in the cheese, broccoli onion mixture, salt and pepper and combine.

Pour into the pie crust and bake for 45-50 minutes until the center is set. Remove from the oven and let the quiche cool for 15-20 minutes before serving.

For more delicious quiche recipes check out Sally’s Baking Perfect Quiche Recipes.