Quiche Bretonne
This quiche from Brittany has a puff-pastry base topped with an assortment of fish and shellfish with a classic quiche filling.
After baking in a hot oven, the crusty pastry is a great foil for the moist filling with all its seafood flavours.
After baking in a hot oven, the crusty pastry is a great foil for the moist filling with all its seafood flavours.
63 K 3.6/5 (8 reviews)
1 hour 40 min.
Easy
1 quiche
13 IngredientsLast modified on: April 17th 2022
For 1 quiche, you will need:
- 1
250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) - 2
300 g mussels - 3
100 ml dry white wine - 4
1 sprig parsley - 5
200 g fresh tuna - 6
200 g Fish - 7
300 g cooked prawns - 8
120 g spring onion (scallion) - 9
4 tablespoons olive oil - 10 100 ml dry white wine
- 11
500 g quiche filling mixture - 12
salt - 13
pepper - Total weight: 2,130 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 55 min.
Cooking: 50 min.
All in all: 1 hour 40 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Roll out 250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) (if not ready-rolled), line the tart tin or mould and prick all over the bottom.
Set aside in the fridge.
Set aside in the fridge.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Cook 300 g mussels in 100 ml dry white wine with 1 sprig parsley.
Stop cooking as soon as the mussels have opened.
Note: You can also use left-over mussels marinière.
Stop cooking as soon as the mussels have opened.
Note: You can also use left-over mussels marinière.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Shell the mussels and set aside.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Cut 200 g fresh tuna into large dice.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Cut 200 g Fish – ccoley (Pollock) here – into large dice.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 6 - 10 min.
Shell the 300 g cooked prawns.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 7 - 4 min.
Prepare and finely chop 120 g spring onion (scallion).
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large sauté pan on high heat.
When the oil is good and hot, add the onion, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
When the oil is good and hot, add the onion, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 9 - 7 min.
Add the diced fish and prawns, and brown for 1 or 2 minutes.
Add the mussels and 100 ml dry white wine, then leave to reduce until the liquid has almost completely evaporated.
Leave to cool.
Add the mussels and 100 ml dry white wine, then leave to reduce until the liquid has almost completely evaporated.
Leave to cool.
Stage 10 - 4 min.
Prepare 500 g quiche filling mixture.
Stage 11 - 1 min.
Spread the pieces of fish, mussels and prawns in the the pastry case.
Stage 12 - 2 min.
Pour the quiche mixture over the top.
Stage 13 - 40 min.
Bake low in the oven for about 40 minutes, checking the colour towards the end.
Can be eaten warm or cold.
Can be eaten warm or cold.
Remarks
You can vary this recipe to suit your own tastes or the time of year. Do try to use fish that's in season, as it is often cheaper. This is a good opportunity to use cheaper varieties.
Keeping: Several hours in the fridge. After this, it will still be good, but less crisp.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 500 RDI=190 % | 1,030 RDI=100 % | 1,400 RDI=210 % | 3,780 RDI=190 % | 15,810 RDI: 190 % |
| Per 100 g | 20 RDI=9 % | 50 RDI=5 % | 70 RDI=10 % | 180 RDI=9 % | 740 RDI: 9 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 quiche : 11.70 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Quiche filling mixture
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Thin endive tart, Two-cheese quiche, Country filo tart, Cabbage and cheddar quiche, bread-crust quiche, ... See them all 11
Mussels
Like these other recipes: Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup, Mussels with arroz negro, Curried mussels with cabbage, Paimpol salad, ... See them all 10
Cooked prawns
Like these other recipes: Potatoes with prawns, Avocado with Sautéed Prawns , Normandy seafood stew, Scandinavian cocktail, Surprise eggs, ... See them all 6
Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tart Tatin, Apple Strudel, Chicken and mushroom pie, Thin summer tart "à la grecque", Langoustine and leek tarts, ... See them all 71
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