Lactose-free quiche
Instructions
Pastry crust
Filling
Tip
The safest way to get a delicate shortcrust pastry is to use cold butter as it helps ensure a flaky and tender crust. When the butter is cold, it stays in small chunks when mixed with flour. As the dough is rolled out and shaped, these small pieces of fat create pockets of air that expand during baking, resulting in a flaky texture. Additionally, when cold butter is crumbled into the flour, it creates a crumbly, grated cheese-like texture that can easily be mixed with water to form a cohesive dough.
Questions about lactose-free quiche
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Ingredients
Pastry crust
Lactose-free butter | 100 g |
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Wheat flour | 175 g |
Water | 1½ tbsp |
Salt | ½ tsp |
Filling
| 100 g | |
Lactose-free sour cream | 200 ml |
Smoked ham, diced | 150 g |
Eggs | 3 |
Wheat flour | 2½ tbsp |
Herbes de provence | 2 tsp |
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Savour a lactose-free quiche with ham and cheese
A delicious lactose-free quiche has a savoury, rich, and creamy taste and a delicate, flaky pastry crust. The combination of tender filling and crisp shortcrust pastry makes for a wonderful eating experience. The hearty filling is enriched with eggs and freshened with sour cream to create a scrumptious pie that is perfectly balanced by the addition of salty ham and cheese.
The smokiness of the ham and the richness of the cheese is great with the dried herb blend, Herbes de Provence. This blend typically contains a mix of thyme, rosemary, oregano, marjoram, and sometimes lavender. The overall taste of the blend is herbaceous, earthy, and slightly floral. It is complex and aromatic and works well with the other great flavours of this lactose-free quiche.
The French classic quiche Lorraine
This lactose-free quiche is not just a quiche, it is a lactose-free quiche Lorraine. This specific type takes its name from the French region from which it originates. Unlike other types of savoury pies, a quiche Lorraine has a thinner, more delicate crust made from shortcrust pastry and has a filling that is typically made from a mixture of eggs and cream, milk or sour cream as well as various ingredients such as cheese and ham or bacon. The filling usually has a custard-like texture. A lactose-free quiche Lorraine has all the great, well-known flavours of the French classic just without the lactose, so everyone gets to enjoy the deliciousness.
Free from lactose but full of flavour and deliciousness
Making a lactose-free quiche is just as easy as making a regular one. It only requires you to choose lactose-free cheese as well as lactose-free sour cream and butter. The result is a quiche that does not require you to compromise on either taste or texture but invites everyone to enjoy a piece.
In case you are looking for more great recipes to serve friends and family, we suggest our lactose-free lasagne, lactose-free spaghetti carbonara, or white pizza without lactose.
Add or replace ingredients to make it your own
There are many ways to experiment with the overall flavour profile of this quiche. For example, try using prosciutto, chorizo, or smoked salmon instead of smoked ham. To give the meal a more salty, spicy, or rich flavour. While it will no longer be a classic quiche Lorraine, it will still be delicious beyond compare.
Another option is to use additional ingredients in the filling. Some good vegetable options include spinach, which pairs nicely with eggs and cheese, mushrooms, which enhance the umami flavour of the ham, tomatoes, which add a bright, acidic note, and onions that add a sweet, caramelised flavour and pair well with cheese and herbs. If you want to add some crunch, you can include chopped nuts like walnuts or pine nuts on your list of ingredients.
Finally, you can mix up the seasoning. Add fresh herbs like thyme, chives, or parsley to the filling to give it an extra burst of flavour. Or use nutmeg and black pepper to enhance its depth and give it a wonderful warmth.