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quiche Definition

quiche (kēs̸h)

noun

an unsweetened custard baked in a pastry shell with various ingredients, as bacon, cheese, or spinach, and served hot

Etymology: Fr < Ger dial. (Lorraine) küche, dim. of Ger kuchen, cake

quiche Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: He then turned to Mister Carbon Business, who was eating a quiche.
  • make: We have a range of hand made quiches available in individual or large sizes.
  • bake: Bake the quiche for 25-30 minute, until the filling is a light golden brown.
  • have: Nice for lunch - I had salmon quiche with salad - not too runny which is how I prefer it.
  • serve: Apparently someone has been campaigning to stop churches from serving quiche at church functions.
  • want: After yomping 50 miles with 6 stones on your back, you do not want quiche!

Adjective modifier

  • home-made: We offer home-made quiches, along with tea, coffee and a selection of soft drinks are available.
  • homemade: Why not try our fabulous homemade quiche or check out the daily special?
  • tasty: The vegetarians in our group were well looked after too with some tasty quiches and vegetable bakes.
  • good: Free range eggs ( expensive but genuine ) Very good quiches sold in the café and to take away.
  • traditional: Traditional quiche would be higher in ' bad ' or saturated fat due to the pastry.

Modifies a noun

  • dish: Roll your puff pastry out and put it in the bottom of a large pie, flan or quiche dish.
  • lorraine: Sauerkraut with tasty sausages, real quiche lorraine and asparagus.
  • recipe: The courgette and cheese quiche recipe is made in two flan tins so you can easily halve quantities if you're feeding less.

Noun used with modifier

  • vegetable: The main course will be chicken with a chasseur sauce, or the vegetarian option is a vegetable quiche.
  • spinach: By day the space was a hub of visitors sipping coffee, eating spinach quiche and admiring the lighting.
  • mushroom: Bugs have a stressful life Imagine you are a food-poisoning bug living in, say, a mushroom quiche.
  • onion: Cheese and onion quiche: Frascati or a soft, fruity red like Fleurie.
  • salmon: Nice for lunch - I had salmon quiche with salad - not too runny which is how I prefer it.
  • food: At lunchtime Fergus the Forager had a queue lining up for his range of wild food quiches and nettle soup.