Cheese and Tomato Quiche

Cheese and Tomato Quiche is perfect for an easy Sunday lunch or brunch. This quiche is made with slow-roasted cherry tomatoes, goat's cheese and a deliciously flaky homemade pastry. This quiche is so easy to make and is delicious warm or cold.

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• 👩‍🍳Why This Recipe Works
• 📝What You'll Need
• 🥣How To Make It
• 📋Tips and Variations
• 📖 FAQs
• Cheese and Tomato Quiche

Quiche is very easy to make and always delivers on flavour. I guess that's why they'll never go out of fashion! In fact, the quiche recipes on my blog are some of the most popular recipes, including this Spinach and Feta Quiche.

Homemade slow-roasted tomatoes are the highlight of this quiche, and the pastry for this is deliciously flaky and cheesy, with just a hint of thyme. Even your kitchen will smell amazing when you make this. 

👩‍🍳Why This Recipe Works

• Homemade slow-roasted tomatoes - so easy to make and they taste amazing!
• That pastry - perfectly buttery and flaky with a hint of thyme and cheese.
• The filling - rich and creamy with so much flavour!
• Perfect for Sunday lunch - great for lunch, brunch or dinner!

📝What You'll Need

• Cherry tomatoes - any kind of small tomatoes will work well here, on or off the vine is great.
• Cheese - we love goat's cheese in the filling but feta also works really well too. You could also use grated cheddar if you want. For the pastry, I use pecorino cheese but you can also use parmesan if that's what you have.
• Butter - I use full-fat salted butter for my pastry, if you use unsalted butter then I would add a small pinch of salt to the flour when making the pastry.
• Herbs - there are 3 different herbs in this quiche, I use dried oregano, fresh basil and thyme. You can switch it up a bit if you want, rosemary works really well in the pastry.
• Add-ins - for this quiche I add pitted black olives and red onion. You can add in spinach or kale if you want, I would cook them first though and remove as much water as possible.

🥣How To Make It

This is just a quick visual guide, please see the recipe card below for the full ingredient list and full instructions.

1. Slow-roast the tomatoes - cut the tomatoes in half, sprinkle the dried oregano and sea salt over them then drizzle the olive oil over the tomatoes. Roast for an hour and a half.
2. Make the pastry - add the flour, butter, grated cheese and thyme to a food processor and blend until you have a crumb-like consistency. Add a couple of tablespoons of chilled water one at a time to the mixture and pulse until the pastry forms a ball of dough.
3. Knead the pastry - briefly knead the pastry on a floured board. Then roll out the pastry and place it in the pie dish. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
4. Blind bake the pie crust - crumble up some parchment paper place on top of the pastry then pour in the ceramic baking beans. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
5. Make the filling - Add the milk, cream, eggs and salt and pepper to a bowl and whisk together.
6. Fill the pie crust - Place the sliced onions on the base of the pie crust. Carefully pour in the milk and egg mixture. Add the tomatoes, olives and basil then top with the goat's cheese. Bake in the oven for 30 - 40 minutes or until the filling is firm and golden. Remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly before serving.

📋Tips and Variations

• Pastry - using a food processor is great for making this pastry, it's quick and easy. I like to chill the pastry once it is in the pie dish. I also recommend saving a little pastry bake for any cracks after the blind bake.
• Blind baking - When a pastry case or pie crust is being filled with liquid it is difficult to get the pastry cooked through by the time the filling is set. Pre-baking or 'baking blind' ensures that the pastry is cooked properly. I also crumple up the baking paper before I add the baking beans, this means that the beans will reach every corner and you will have a more even pastry base.
• Variations  - this quiche is very easy to adapt, try swapping the black olives for mushrooms or the red onions for shallots. You could also reduce the number of tomatoes and add spinach instead. Feta is also really great on this quiche if you're not fond of goat's cheese.

📖 FAQs

For a lovely filling dinner, serve this quiche with roasted baby potatoes and a simple green salad. For lunch, just serve it with a green salad.

Loved this cheese and tomato quiche? Try these tasty quiches and tarts next:

• Mushroom Quiche - packed with mushrooms and cheese, this tasty vegetarian quiche is great for a special occasion. 
• Courgette (Zucchini) Quiche - a light but tasty quiche that is bursting with flavour, great for brunch or lunch.
• Goat's Cheese Tart - a tasty quick dinner, that’s easy to make with minimal effort.
• Beetroot and Goats Cheese Tart - A rich and earthy beetroot and goats cheese tart, with a buttery thyme pastry. Perfect for Sunday lunch, this does take time to make but it’s totally worth it.