This cheesy Pancetta and Caramelized Onion Quiche is perfect for Mother’s Day brunch or a simple brinner. You’ll be amazed at how quickly it comes together!
In a perfect world, breakfast would be eaten all day long. Which is why I love quiche – it seems perfectly acceptable to serve in the morning, afternoon, or evening. Not that I care about what’s acceptable… sorry mom.
Quiche is one of those dishes that you can throw together with whatever you have on hand. Who doesn’t love a meal that comes together without having to try too hard? I even keep a crust on my freezer for just such an occasion.
That’s right. I said freezer crust. One of the reasons this meal is so fabulous is that it’s fast… which means I’m not about to make a homemade crust. There are so many options out there, I just can’t justify spending the time to make it from scratch unless is a really, really special occasion.
Vegas cut the… quiche…
Take this quiche base and make it your own. It can be made vegetarian with mushrooms, greens, bell peppers, etc. Use bacon instead of pancetta, or cooked chicken or other meat. Change up the herbs as well – I’m forever looking for a way to use up herbs from other recipes. Endless options, making it the perfect way to celebrate Earth Day this weekend (April 22) and join in this month’s Recipe ReDux challenge to reduce food waste. Whatever you would normally toss at the end of the week, reduce your food waste and use it in a quiche!
I served the version below at Easter brunch… and then I whipped up a second one STAT when I realized we had 3 additional guests. A true testament to the ease of this recipe. Special thanks to the prepared crust people for packaging them in twos. The second quiche was broccoli, bacon, and gruyere, FYI.
My brunch plate, round 1.
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Pancetta and Caramelized Onion Quiche
Prep Time: 8 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Keywords: bake breakfast brunch low-sugar nut-free Easter
Ingredients (6-8 servings)
- 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tsp salted butter
- Pinch of brown sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1 C 2% milk
- 1/2 C heavy cream
- 1 C diced pancetta
- 1/2 C shredded mozzarella
- 2 T chopped parsley
- Pinch of cayenne
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 prepared crust
Instructions
Place the butter in a medium pan with butter, or a mixture of olive oil and butter. Heat the pan on medium high heat until butter is shimmering. Add the onion slices and stir to coat the onions with the butter. Spread onions out evenly over the pan and let cook, stirring occasionally. Check the onions every 5 to 10 minutes; they should be done in 20-25 mins. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Whisk the eggs, milk and cream in a large. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Slowly pour the egg mixture into the prepared crust until it is almost full. You may have egg mixture left over if you have a shallow pan.
Bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove from the oven when quiche is just about set. Let cool before cutting and serving.
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Mother’s Day is just 3 weeks away! This spring is flying by already.
Do you make your own crust?
What is your favorite quiche flavor combo?
And what happens if I eat the pancetta and onions before they can even go into the quiche….
Then you’ll have a love egg souffle quiche!
Spring is totally flying by, and a quiche sounds perfect for Mother’s Day. Hopefully we can do some special things for our mama. Mamas are such a blessing.
They are! I’m trying to convince mine to move to the west coast… I think it’s working!
I love quiche and don’t make my own crust anymore! To much hassle. At the coffee shop I did for years, I’m done😁 For Mother’s Day we used to make a ton of crusts , put all kinds of different fillings in them, then top with the egg mixture. We could make around 30 at a time! They are so versatile! I love your flavor combo!
You did a LOT at the coffee shop… were there 3 of you?! I’m impressed!
We are big quiche eaters around here and my hubs would love that pancetta
It’s an easy way to satisfy the meat AND veggie people – one pie for each!
let’s pretend it is a perfect world. QUICHE me! <3 oh and pancetta for the win
That WOULD be perfect. Plus bubbles.
Mmm, quiche is one of my favorites, especially with caramelized onions!
See, breakfast is not my favorite meal. I Like quiche because it’s more lunch like, so it’s not breakfast for lunch, it’s lunch for breakfast!
Lukfest? I’m down for that!
I love Quiche, I don’t ever make it but I always devour it when quiche is in my presence. The addition of pancetta and caramelized onions, I mean come’on Laura, you know what you’re doing to me. Forget Mother’s Day, I eat this every day of the week. In my world breakfast is eaten all day long 😉
I’m the same way! Until now. I’ll be making quiche like it’s my job. I mean… if it makes it easier to eat breakfast all day, it has to be a good thing.
So you’re going to come make me this for Mother’s Day right? I love how you have pancetta in the quiche and bacon on your plate. That’s how it’s done.
P.S. I have the easiest quiche crust recipe: olive oil, flour and water and you press it into the pan. No rolling pin required, and it freezes well.
Can one ever really have enough pig? Come on now!
P.S. Send me that recipe!!!
Here’s the link. I always double the recipe (sometimes triple) and freeze the unused dough balls.
http://www.food.com/recipe/quick-n-easy-quiche-crust-18185
You’re the best!
I love quiche! (LOVE frozen pie crusts, too!) Your recipe looks divine!
Thanks Kelsie!