Broccoli Quiche with Cherry Tomatoes
This super simple quiche recipe is made with fresh broccoli florets, cherry tomatoes, and cheddar cheese and is perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. I kept things easy by using a prepared refrigerated pie crust and accessible veggies.
If you love this dish, you may also want to try my Cheesy Polenta with Spring Vegetables, Vegetable Stir Fry Noodles, or Warm Quinoa Roasted Veggie Salad with Vinaigrette.
Quiche is one of those dishes that you can eat any time of the day, whether it’s breakfast or lunchtime. What makes this dish so versatile is the variety of add-ins you can incorporate into your egg mixture.
Quiche can be enjoyed plain, or you can add your own twist by incorporating your favorites, like spinach, mushrooms, smoked salmon, and more. And while quiche Lorraine is the most popular preparation, many other variations are just as delicious, including this broccoli, cheddar, and tomato quiche.
Ingredients you’ll need to make broccoli and tomato quiche:
- Eggs are the main ingredient in any quiche. You’ll need six eggs for this recipe, and that is perfect for a 9-inch quiche.
- Instead of heavy cream, you’ll use coconut milk. This keeps things light while still providing the slightly creamy texture you want in your quiche. You’ll also need sour cream for the same reason.
- Cheese makes everything better, and this recipe calls for two types: Monterey Jack and sharp cheddar cheese.
- You’ll need minced garlic, black pepper, sea salt, basil flakes, ground ginger, and ground cumin for the seasonings.
- And to make it really easy to pull this recipe together, go with a store-bought 9-inch pie shell (pastry crust). You’ll find these in the frozen section at your local grocery store.
Broccoli and Tomato Quiche Tips
- Some people make their own crust, but I choose to go with store-bought pie crust.
- Feel free to add in any vegetables you like! Start with the egg mixture and make it your own. I also like to add fresh spinach, sliced Roma tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, or zucchini.
- If you prefer your broccoli (or any other veggie you use) more tender, you can saute them in a bit of butter or olive oil before adding to your egg base.
- This quiche recipe uses milk coconut milk instead of heavy cream; however, milk also works perfectly.
Quiche Recipe FAQs
Absolutely! Both fresh and frozen broccoli work well. If you buy them frozen, purchase broccoli florets, as you’ll only be using the florets at the end of the stalk. This makes the process a lot easier.
Yep! Broccoli Quiche is the perfect recipe to make ahead of time and for meal prep. Bake per the instructions below, allow to cool, wrap, and place the entire quiche in the refrigerator. Quiche will last forĀ about 3-4 days in the fridge. When it’s time to serve, cover the quiche foil (to minimize additional browning on top) and bake at 350 degrees until heated through.
This vegetarian broccoli quiche recipe is great to enjoy anytime and perfect as a centerpiece for your next brunch. Enjoy!
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Broccoli Quiche with Cherry Tomatoes
This super simple quiche recipe is made with fresh broccoli florets, cherry tomatoes, and cheddar cheese and is perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. I kept things easy by using a prepared refidgerated pie crust and accessible veggies.
- Total Time1 hour
- Yield8 1x
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 6 oz. broccoli florets
- 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp basil flakes
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- One 9-inch pie shell, refrigerated
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Instructions
- Whisk (paid link) eggs, coconut milk, minced garlic, black pepper, basil flakes, sea salt, ground ginger, and ground cumin for a few minutes until blended. Mix in sour cream and both kinds of cheese, Whisk (paid link) for an additional 2 minutes.
- Add your fresh broccoli florets and sliced cherry tomatoes to the bottom of the party crust.Ā Pour egg mixture into the pastry crust on top of vegetables.Ā
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes until brown.
Notes
- Feel free to add in any vegetables you like! Start with the egg mixture and make it your own. I also like to add fresh spinach, sliced Roma tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, or zucchini.
- If you prefer your broccoli (or any other veggie you use) to be more tender, you can saute it in a little butter or olive oil before adding it to your pastry crust.
- This quiche recipe uses milk or coconut milk instead of heavy cream; however, milk also works perfectly.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Calories: 252
- Fat: 19.6g
I would like to make this with puff pastry but there are so many varying directions on whether to prebake puff pastry and suggestions on different temps and times. What would you suggest as far as prebake or not as well as cook time and temp with your recipe?
Pre-baking or “blind baking” will prevent a soggy bottom and ensures a crisp texture. It is based on preference, but you could pre-bake if the filling 1) will take less time to cook than the crust (custards, creams, or no-bake fillings), 2) your filling has high-moisture ingredients like quiche (this one) or fruit pies, or 3) you simply want an extra-crisp pie crust. For a par-bake (partially baked option), which is great for a quiche since they cook for a longer time, par-bake until the bottom crust is just beginning to brown, about 7ā8 minutes. For a fully-baked crust, you’ll need 18-22 minutes. You would bake at 375Ā°F.
I feel really dumb asking this, but I’m a newbie to making quiche. This is my first time…. Am I supposed to bake the store-bought crust before filling it with the quiche?
Hi, Julie! Great question. For this recipe, you do not need to par-bake/pre-bake the crust. Because the “filling” will require 40 minutes to bake, this will ensure the crust is golden brown as well.
Delicious! Thank you, Eric.
You are very welcome, Allain!
Can I just use Cheddar Cheese if Monterey Jack cheese is unavailable. If so how much.
Thanks.
Hello Susan! Yes, if you use cheddar cheese only, you can just double the amount and use 2 cups instead of 1 cup.
Thanks very much. Love your blog. I am from U.K.
Can I use unsweetened coconut milk?
Hi, Gloria. Yes, you should use unsweetened coconut milk. We have updated the recipe to make that more clear.
My Mum loves quiche so I saved this recipe and made it for her last weekend. She LOVED it and begged me for the recipe!
The addition of broccoli into the quiche was absolutely exceptional! Quiche is one of my favorite brunch foods so this recipe was a huge hit in my house!
This combination of cheeses + the broccoli were perfect. Made the quiche for breakfast and enjoyed it for lunch and dinner, too!
I love the broccoli in this quiche with the mix of Monterey and cheddar cheese! It was so delish!
We love quiche because it is an anytime meal. Your combination of brocolli & tomatoes was excellent! Thanks for sharing.
The coconut milk added an unexpected sweetness to the quiche that reminded me of the quiche served in France. Magnificent!
I love veggie quiche, and the combination of broccoli and tomatoes in this quiche came out so delicious!
This quiche was so easy to make and was so delicious! I decided to freeze the reminder since I made double the recipe.