Here is an easy summer quiche recipe you will keep making, full of rich and creamy flavors like bacon and blue cheese.

Once you get the hang of making a good quiche, there will be no stopping you. They are a great way to use veggies, cheeses, and meats and can be made beforehand.  Quiches make the perfect summer lunch dish and look impressive as a part of your lunch spread.

For other cheesy homemade recipes, check our nachos post for a quick recipe that oozes tasty flavors.

How to make an easy summer quiche recipe

This recipe can be made simpler and quicker by using a ready-made pastry. The homemade pastry is light and delicious, though, so go ahead and give it a try!

Ingredients

For the pastry

• 250g all-purpose flour
• 125g butter, cold and cubed
• 3 TBS ice cold water
• ¼ tsp salt

For the filling

• 2 leeks, chopped
• 6 strips bacon, diced or chopped
• 120g blue cheese
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/3 cup whole milk
• Salt and pepper
• 1 cup grated garlic cheese

Instructions

Pastry:

1. Pulse the flour, salt, and cold butter in a food processor until the mixture resembles crumbs.
2. Add the cold water a little at a time. The dough will seem heavy. The mixture will not have come together yet.
3. Empty the dough into a large mixing bowl. Lightly bring the dough together into a disc. Wrap it in plastic and rest it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
4. Remove the pastry and allow it to come to room temperature. Roll it out on a floured surface. Roll it out into a circle – about 12 inches in diameter. Pinch together any tears or cracks as you go.
5. Grease a 9-inch pie dish. Using a rolling pin, lift and lay the pastry over the dish. Tidy the pastry by sealing any cracks or gaps. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400F.
6. Remove the pie dish, prick it with a fork, and line it with baking paper and baking beans or beads. Bake for 20 minutes, remove the beans, and bake for another 10 minutes. Remove and cool.

Filling:

1. Add the bacon to a pan and saute gently. Once the fat has rendered out, add the leeks and cook them gently with the bacon until soft. Pull the thyme leaves off the stalk and add them to the bacon mixture.
2. In a small bowl, add the blue cheese and crumble it with your hands.
3. In another large mixing bowl, add 4 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks (retain the whites for an egg-white-only omelet). Lightly break up the eggs. Add the cream and milk and season with salt and pepper.
4. Once the bacon mixture has cooled, add it to the egg mix.
5. Turn the oven down to 325F.
6. Distribute the blue cheese crumbles onto the base of the pastry dish evenly. Pour the egg and cream mixture over and top with the grated cheese.
7. Bake the quiche for about 40 minutes until just set.

Other filling ideas

• Goat’s milk cheese, caramelized onion, and baby spinach
• Smoked ham, cranberries, and kale
• Tomato, smoked hot pepper, corn, and parsley
• Glacier Wildfire blue cheese, Shisler’s fig jam and red onion

Wrapping it up

Nothing is more delicious than a creamy, rich quiche with a light and bright summer salad! We hope you will give making your own homemade quiche recipe a try.

All the cheeses and meats mentioned in this post are available with us.