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    Simple Quiche with Chickpea Flour Pie Crust

    November 10, 2020 by Tera Leave a Comment

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    A simple quiche with chickpea flour pie crust recipe that's healthy and gluten-free! Made with roasted red peppers, onion, and cheddar, this quiche uses basic ingredients, so it's easily adaptable to ingredients you have on hand.

    Simple quiche with chickpea flour baked in clear glass pie dish with slice taken out this recipe

    Simple quiche with chickpea flour pie crust is HERE! The simplicity of fluffy, cheesy eggs in a flaky pie crust never gets old, and even better when the pie crust is made from chickpeas! For us, that means high-protein, whole foods, gluten-free, buttery, delicious.

    What I love about quiche is that it's a food for all occasions. It can be a healthy, high-protein, every day meal, just as much as it's fit for holiday brunches or family visits. It's perfect shared with guests in the morning over coffee, and even delicious as lunch the next day.

    How to Make a Healthy Quiche

    Quiches aren't always associated with health food, but they should be! Why? Because the basic ingredients in quiche are simple, real foods, and there's TONS of room for veggies 🙂

    So what makes this quiche recipe healthier?

    • It uses a clean chickpea flour pie crust, which contains chickpea flour for extra protein, fiber, and nutrients.
    • There are vegetables for added vitamins and minerals.
    • It's made with a tasteful amount of cheese (one cup for the whole recipe tastes cheesy and delicious, but doesn't overdo it).
    • All the ingredients are minimally processed whole foods.
    Simple quiche with chickpea flour baked in clear glass pie dish

    Ingredients You'll Need

    For the Crust:

    • Chickpea flour - Made from ground, dried up chickpeas! Lately I've been loving this kind (affiliate link).
    • Butter - We'll be making pie crust, so this butter needs to be cold. I like to cut it into cubes and then pop those in the freezer a few minutes before making the pie crust dough.
    • Ice Water - for the pie crust.
    • Salt
    • Natural cane sugar (optional) - I like to add a tablespoon of natural cane sugar to balance out the pie crust flavor, but it's still delicious without.

    For the Filling:

    • Eggs - A usual quiche suspect.
    • Cheese - I used cheddar for this recipe, but feel free to sub other kinds of cheese.
    • Milk - Any kind should work! I have tested with plain unsweetened almond milk and regular dairy milk -- both worked and tasted great!
    • Roasted red peppers - A delicious pantry staple.
    • Onion
    • Salt
    • Pepper

    How to Make Quiche with Chickpea Flour Pie Crust

    1. First, make the chickpea flour pie crust. You'll whip up this all-butter chickpea flour pie crust and chill the dough for at least thirty minutes before rolling it out and blind baking it. I like to make this the night before and let the pie dough chill in the fridge overnight.
    2. Partial blind bake. For quiches, you need to partially blind bake the crust (about 7-8 minutes), so that you're not pouring raw eggs onto soft pie dough, ultimately making it soggy. Partially blind baking the crust helps harden the dough slightly so that it stands up to a wet egg mixture while baking. Success Tip: I recommend using dried beans or two packs of these pie weights (affiliate link) to keep air pockets from forming beneath the crust. Just place the dried beans or pie weights over parchment paper on the crust (or place directly on the crust), bake, and remove before filling.
    3. Prep filling add-ins. You can do this part while partially blind baking the crust. For this recipe, you'll be grating cheese and chopping the onions and roasted red peppers.
    4. Blend eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. I love to blend my eggs and milk for for SUPER fluffy eggs! For this step, just crack your eggs into a blender, add milk and spices, then blend (20 seconds should be plenty).
    5. Add ingredients to crust. Place veggies and cheese in your blind baked pie crust, and then pour egg mixture over the top.
    6. Bake. Finally, you'll bake the quiche for at least 50 minutes, or until the eggs are almost completely set (not jiggly in the middle).
    • Grated cheddar cheese on gray cutting board
    • Roasted red peppers and onions in a clear glass bowl
    • Quiche filling in pie dish with crust, with pie crust shield over the top
    • Dried chickpeas in a chickpea flour pie crust dough, about to be blind-baked

    Quiche Add-in Ideas

    Here are some add-in combo ideas for your healthy quiches!

    • Sun-dried tomato + goat cheese + spinach
    • Mushroom + ham + cheddar
    • Cherry tomato + zucchini + basil + parmesan
    • Italian sausage + kale + potato + parmesan
    • Onion + roasted red pepper + feta
    • Bell peppers + mushroom + jalapeño + pepper jack

    Let me know all your quiche ideas and creations, please!

    Common Quiche Questions

    • Should I cook quiche filling add-ins first? If you're using tougher veggies in your quiche filling, such as broccoli or potatoes, you'll want to sauté them first to soften them (or use leftovers that have already been cooked). But for most other veggies, they'll have enough time baking in the quiche to cook through, if you chop them up small enough. If you're using meat, make sure it is pre-cooked.
    • How do I store & reheat quiche? Store quiche in an airtight container (I prefer glass) in the fridge for up to a week. You can reheat quiche in the microwave, or in a pan to crisp up the crust again.
    • Can I freeze quiche? Yep! Allow the quiche to cool completely after baking, cover with a couple sheets of aluminum foil, and freeze. Quiche will keep frozen for up to three months. To reheat, thaw in the fridge or at room temp, then bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
    • Simple quiche with chickpea flour baked in clear glass pie dish with slice taken out
    • Slice of quiche with chickpea flour pie crust on small white plate with fork

    Quiche is delicious with...

    • Coffee cake or something sweet on the side
    • Some pesto roasted potatoes
    • A simple salad

    For me, quiche is to be enjoyed with loved ones... and Cholula hot sauce... 🙂

    Two slices of pie crust being served with Cholula hot sauce, and my boyfriend at the table
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    Simple Quiche with Chickpea Flour Pie Crust

    Simple quiche with chickpea flour baked in clear glass pie dish with slice taken out
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    This simple quiche with chickpea flour pie crust is healthy, gluten-free, and perfect for any occasion! It's made with roasted red peppers, onions, and cheddar. Whether for breakfast on a Sunday with family, or for a brunch to share with guests on a holiday, this quiche is delicious!

    • Author: Tera
    • Prep Time: 1 hour
    • Cook Time: 50 min
    • Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
    • Yield: Serves 8
    • Category: Breakfast, lunch, brunch
    • Method: Bake
    • Cuisine: French

    Ingredients

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    • 1 recipe chickpea flour pie crust
    • 1 12-oz. jar roasted red peppers, diced
    • ½ large yellow onion, diced
    • 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
    • 7 large eggs
    • ¾ cup milk (dairy or plant-based will work)
    • ¼ tsp each salt and pepper

    Instructions

    1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a pie dish with nonstick spray.
    2. Prepare the pie crust: Take one prepared chickpea flour pie crust dough disc out of the fridge and allow to sit for a couple minutes, while you flour a clean kitchen work surface. Remove the dough disc's plastic wrap and discard. Set the dough disk on the floured work surface and sprinkle more flour onto the dough. Begin rolling it out with a floured rolling pin, turning the dough over occasionally to keep from sticking. Add more flour to the work surface or dough as necessary. Roll it out until it's about ¼" thick. Transfer carefully to the pie dish and flute the edges.
    3. Blind bake the crust: If you have pie weights and a pie shield, place the weights over a piece of parchment paper in the crust, and place the pie shield over the edges of the pie crust. Blind bake at 350 for 7 minutes, then remove from the oven and remove pie weights once cooled.
    4. Prepare the quiche filling: While blind baking the crust, blend the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper in a blender until frothy (about 20 seconds).
    5. Fill the crust: Sprinkle onions, roasted red peppers, and cheese evenly into the crust. Pour the egg mixture over the top.
    6. Bake the quiche: Return quiche to the oven (with pie crust shield), and bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes, or until eggs are solidified.

    Notes

    1. Pie Shield: If you don't have a pie shield, you can make one using aluminum foil. I highly recommend protecting the crust with pie shield so it doesn't get too brown in the oven.
    2. Pie Weights: If you don't have pie weights, you can use a pound of dried beans, removed from any packaging.
    3. Salt: Cheese and other quiche add-ins (helloooo bacon) can be salty enough! You can reduce or omit salt in this recipe for equally delicious results if you have salty ingredients.

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