I was telling you about the warming weather here in central Virgina and last night it snowed. Not too much but enough to make me sad. I don’t like cold weather at all. Hopefully the sun comes out and everything goes back to normal.
As the weather was getting colder and the wind was blowing harder we were craving comforting meals. Zucchini are one of my daughter’s favorite veggies and I try to cook some once a week.
I’ve made all kinds of combo quiches but never zucchini one. I got the idea from a vegetarian cookbook. I changed the quantities here and there and came up with a delicious zucchini quiche.
Let’s turn the oven on and make some zucchini quiche
You’ll need
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 oz butter
3 zucchini (~ 21-22 oz)
2 red onions
olive oil
a handful fresh dill
1 1/4 cup milk
3 eggs
2-3 oz shredded Parmesan
salt, pepper
Start my finely slice the zucchini, sprinkle some salt over and let them sweat.
In your food processor combine the flours and diced butter.
Pulse few times until it resembles fine breadcrumbs
Add a little cold water to form a soft dough
Roll out the dough and line a 10 inch quiche pan, put it the fridge for about 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile preheat the oven at 400F. When chilled prick the dough with a fork and cover with parchment paper and dry beans. Bake for 20 minutes.
Pat dry the sliced zucchini. Finely slice the onions.
Heat few tablespoons of olive oil and cook the onions until almost soft
When soften add the zucchini and cook for further 5 minutes or until the zucchini start to soft.
Add the chopped dill and let it cool.
While the pastry and the zucchini mixture are cooling slightly combine 3 eggs with 1 1/4 cup milk.
Spoon the zucchini mixture into the baked pastry
Pout the egg-milk mixture over
and sprinkle with the shredded cheese.
Bake the quiche in preheated oven at 350F for about 45 minutes or until firm to the touch.
Let it cool slightly before serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 oz butter
- 3 zucchini (~ 21-22 oz)
- 2 red onions
- olive oil
- a handful fresh dill
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 3 eggs
- 2-3 oz shredded Parmesan
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Start my finely slice the zucchini, sprinkle some salt over and let them sweat
- In your food processor combine the flours and diced butter
- Pulse few times until it resembles fine breadcrumbs
- Add a little cold water to form a soft dough
- Roll out the dough and line a 10 inch quiche pan, put it the fridge for about 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile preheat the oven at 400F. When chilled prick the dough with a fork and cover with parchment paper and dry beans. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Pat dry the sliced zucchini. Finely slice the onions.
- Heat few tablespoons of olive oil and cook the onions until almost soft
- When soften add the zucchini and cook for further 5 minutes or until the zucchini start to soft
- Add the chopped dill and let it cool.
- While the pastry and the zucchini mixture are cooling slightly combine 3 eggs with 1 1/4 cup milk.
- Spoon the zucchini mixture into the baked pastry
- Pout the egg-milk mixture over and sprinkle with the shredded cheese.
- Bake the quiche in preheated oven at 350F for about 45 minutes or until firm to the touch.
- Let it cool slightly before serving
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Perfection!!! This looks so amazingly delicious! Oh God I love your photos…so clear and beautiful!
I've never tried a zucchini quiche but it sounds like a great idea! I'll have to make a small one for myself as the guys are not too interested in quiches.
Me encantan los zapallitos criollos así le llamamos aquí,el Quitche está de maravillas,se siente delcioso,un paso a paso de lujo,me encantó tu blog ,me quedo aquí para seguir tus recetas,abrazos.
Hi Roxana-Such a coincidence, I was telling Lora, yesterday, that I haven't mad a zucchini quiche for such a long time. The only "tried and true" recipe I have is the old fashioned Bisquick recipe, but no crust.
I would rather prefer yours, with the beautiful whole wheat and healthy crust than the omelet type of the Bisquick.
Thanks again, for another wonderful and yummy recipe you shared!
Wow, this quiche is beautiful! What a wonderful meal to warm you up when it's snowing outside. I love that yours is so much healthier than the usual quiche!
Woow, nothing to say Beautiful, delicious & healthier meal..
What a lovely dish. Your recipe and instructions make it easy for anyone to duplicate your success. It's a beautiful dish. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
A fantastic quiche, love the crust and the zucchini filling, delicious!
Well now, this looks delicious! What a good idea, especially for those nights when I think we should go with something besides meat. Thank you for this! I love zucchini and I can't wait until I can grow my own…
beautifully done quiche looks fabulous
I love how quiche is so comforting and it makes me even happier when there are leftovers for the next day. It is snowing here in Idaho today too! Brrr…I hope you have a warm day soon
YUM!! I honestly haven't cooked with zucchini in months–since it was in season in the summer. This post reminds me of how much I miss it! Looks like a super tasty recipe–thank you so much for sharing
I have two things to say:
1. YUM!
2. I'm going to make that!
Oh my gosh, this looks so wonderful. I love zucchini and am the only one in my family that does. In fact, Dudette is emphatic about how much she dislikes it. It's such a bummer. This is a beautiful quiche. Absolutely stunning.
As I said, it looks just delicious and I think a couple of kalamata olives wouldn't hurt if added to this beauty. I'm going to try!
I am going to make that!!!……ur clicks are too tempting especially the last one.
I love zucchini quiche and great them for the recipe I use. Your pictures are brilliant!
Mandy
Oops, I meant to say grate not great.
Yeah, it's the same way here. 5-odd degrees last week and now snow. Ick. I'm so done with it! Your quiche is fabulous…thick and gorgeous! Seriously the most beautiful quiche I've seen in ages =)
That second photo is gorgeous!!! It has me dreaming of my own slice of zucchini quiche…mmmmmm.
What a pretty little dish.
just came across your blog! you have some great insights on your posts! what a gorgeous dish! looks amazing!
This looks so delicious! What a great recipe!
Roxana, this quiche sounds incredible! Zucchini is on my top ten list, but I've never used it in quiche…what a wonderful idea! Thank you for the inspiration!
that looks perfect,light and delicious!love and your mold for tarts ,too!:)
i love zucchini and always look for new n nice ways to cook them and I found one
Perfect n very tempting quiche Roxana…your pics are very crisp too!
US Masala
There seems to be a lot of loving that's gone into that amazingly succeeded quiche. You certainly know your quiches Roxana ;o)
Ciao for now,
Claudia
Beautiful quiche;-)
I like your step by step photos with instructions, you take all the guess work out of making a quiche! Your photos are beautiful and the finished quiche does look perfect. I'm going to try your recipe;-)
Zucchini is so great with eggs. I use it in frittatas frequently, so it sounds great for a quiche. Love the whole wheat crust too!
That is beautiful! I love quiche!
Wow, look at all that zucchini and onion! I may need to make this soon. Looks too good not to!
Yes yes yes! I would love to bite into this!!! Buzzed it and saved to my faves! I'm thinking this is going to be on my table this summer!!!! Thanks! – Katrina
This looks sooo delicious!! I want to make one right this minute!
Congrats on top 9!! Well deserved!
Gorgeous quiche, I have not made quiche in such a long time…now I must
Spring will be here soon! And congratulations on Top 9, beautiful photo 
Gorgeous photos, recipe sounds very appealing!
This looks stunning and almost good for me… I'm going to make it for lunch boxes asap!
Very nice recipe and great pictures, too! We posted your recipe in our Facebook page for others to see. Thanks for sharing!
Looks yummiiiie! Great combination, I will try this for sure. Thank you for the inspiration.
Oh yeah ….this is right up my alley! Beautiful!
Wow – this is a beautiful dish. The top is beautifully caramelized and the crust looks perfect. I just wasted a zucchini (so sad) and have a couple left and looking fwd to trying this.
Congrats on the Top 9 today!
arata grozav si imi place ca ai pus mult marar !trebuie sa fi iesit tare buna!
It looks fantastic!
Love your step by step photo instruction and boy, does the piece of your quiche look perfect! Have a great Satruday evening
That is one nice looking zucchini quiche!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It looks amazing. I'm always looking for new ways to make zucchini and this is going on my list.
I'll make this for a breakfast for family and friends. This look so good I can hardly wait to make it.The photo's are amazing.
Thanks, Jackie
Beautiful pictures… The Quiche looks perfect. Your daughter's so lucky
Hey Roxana, this quiche looks awesome!
It is vegetarian week at Get Grillin' we would love if you submitted up to any 3 recipes (they don't have to be grilled) to our link up. This one would be perfect!
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Gorgeous quiche! I love the zucchini in it.
This looks amazing and is making me hungry (at 9:40 at night!). I love that your daughter loves zucchini! I try to slice it up raw with some sprinkled salt for my kids to snack on while they are waiting for dinner…I was so surprised when they started eating it this way. You never really know with kids…I have to make this! (have never officially made a quiche – I think!)
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