Quiche is a French tart consisting of pastry crust filled with savoury custard and pieces of cheese, meat, seafood or vegetables. A well-known variant is quiche lorraine, which includes lardons or bacon. Quiche may be served hot, warm or cold.
A typical quiche
Quiche lorraine
Salmon and spinach quiche
Leek and mushroom quiche
Shortcrust is a type of pastry often used for the base of a tart, quiche, pie, or flan. Shortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies such as apple pie, quiche, lemon meringue or chicken pie.
A shortcrust pastry pie crust
Pie crimper from the 1800s
Closeup of peekaboo lattice
Bottom crust