How Many Eggs Should You Use For Quiche? - Tasting Table (2024)

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Can you put too many eggs in a quiche? ›

The Kitchn cautions that using too many eggs can make the consistency of the quiche rubbery and tough, while using too few eggs can prevent the custard filling from setting properly, giving you a runny, soggy quiche. The recommended proportion is one egg to one-half cup of cream or milk.

A good quiche custard typically features: 1 large egg to 1/2 cups of dairy. The dairy can be any combination of milk and/or half-and-half, for example: 1 large egg : ½ cup milk. 1 large egg : ½ cup half-and-half.

Quiche filling should contain just enough eggs to prevent it from being soupy, but the eggs are (literally) a supporting player. It's the butterfat in the cream and milk that is responsible for a good quiche's disarmingly rich texture. In other words: Quiche isn't frittata with crust; it's savory custard with crust.

If your quiche appears watery it may just need to set for a little longer. The recipe may also contain too much dairy, so make sure that the recipe you are following has the ratio of 4 eggs to 1 cup dairy. The added ingredients could also contain too much moisture, so it is important to cook or drain additions.

If there isn't enough egg, your batter or dough may not be able to hold its structure or could end up overly dry or dense. On the other hand, if there is too much egg, your baked goods could lose their shape due to excess liquid, or have a rubbery (or even overly cakey) texture depending on the recipe.

Heavy Cream and Milk – For the best tasting quiche, use a combination of whole milk and heavy cream. (Or simply use half-and-half.) Using just heavy cream produces an overly thick filling. Whole milk is great, but a combo of heavy cream and milk is better.

Overcooking it will curdle the eggs. And of course, you know what I'll say next: to prevent this minor tragedy, temp your quiche. The custard in a quiche is done between 165°F and 185°F (74°C and 85°C), with some variation coming into temp based mostly on preference.

Don't bake it too fast or it will puff up and then sink and become rubbery. Thickened cream can help stop the mixture from spilling out when the tray is put in the oven. Adding extra egg yolks to the custard can prevent it from going rubbery.

WHAT IS A QUICHE? Quiche can be thought of as a savory tart or pie, which we can thank the French for. Like a frittata, it includes eggs, dairy and other fillings, but a quiche will typically contain fewer eggs and more cream or milk than a frittata.

Traditionally, the custard for a quiche is not thickened before it goes into the tart case but this will prevent the filling ingredients from sinking to the base of this deep-filled quiche. If you prefer not to cook the custard, you will need to increase the quiche cooking time slightly.

Should I cover my quiche when baking? ›

How Long Should I Bake Quiche? At 375F, it requires 25 minutes of baking time uncovered. At that point, you'll want to check things out because you don't want the crust to get too brown. If it's looking a bit well-done, cover it with aluminum foil and continue cooking for 10 more minutes.

Using too many eggs in the custard.

The best quiche consists of a custard that's the perfect ratio between eggs and milk. Using too many eggs in the custard results in a quiche that rubbery and too firm when baked, while not using enough will prevent the custard from setting.

Over baked quiche may curdle. The knife test: Test for doneness with a thin-bladed knife. Insert knife about 1 inch from the center of a one-dish quiche; midway between center and edge of cups. If knife is clean when pulled out, the quiche is done.

Another good tip: Don't overfill the quiche. It will puff up a bit as it bakes, so leave a little space for it to "grow." If you find yourself with extra filling, bake it in a greased muffin tin like a mini frittata of sorts.

Using too few eggs will make your desserts dense, but using too many will make them rubbery. The explanation for this lies in the fact that eggs are made up of protein. As Fine Cooking explains, when the protein in eggs combines with the protein in flour, they produce the overall structure of the baked good.