Quiche Bretonne


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.
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Last modified on: April 17th 2022

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For 1 quiche, you will need:

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How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
PreparationCookingStart to finish
51 min.49 min.1 hour 40 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Quiche Bretonne
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.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Quiche Bretonne
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.

Stage 3 - 10 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Shell the mussels and set aside.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Cut 200 g fresh tuna into large dice.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Cut 200 g fish – ccoley (Pollock) here – into large dice.

Set aside.

Stage 6 - 10 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Shell the 300 g cooked prawns.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - 4 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Prepare and finely chop 120 g spring onion (scallion).

Stage 8 - 2 min.
Quiche Bretonne
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.

Stage 9 - 7 min.
Quiche Bretonne
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.

Stage 10 - 4 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Prepare 500 g Quiche filling mixture.

Stage 11 - 1 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Spread the pieces of fish, mussels and prawns in the the pastry case.

Stage 12 - 2 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Pour the quiche mixture over the top.

Stage 13 - 40 min.
Quiche Bretonne
Bake low in the oven for about 40 minutes, checking the colour towards the end.

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
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,033 Kcal or 8,512 Kj247 gr121 gr258 gr
102 %95 %11 %39 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
95 Kcal or 398 Kj12 gr6 gr12 gr
5 %4 %1 %2 %
Per quiche
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,033 Kcal or 8,512 Kj247 gr121 gr258 gr
102 %95 %11 %39 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Sulfites, Mollusc, Fish, Crustaceans, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 quiche : 11.69 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Quiche filling mixtureQuiche filling mixture: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and fresh tuna tart, bread-crust quiche, Deep leek and potato quiche, Quiche Lorraine, Two-cheese quiche, ... All
MusselsMussels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Paella, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Curried mussels with cabbage, Mussels with arroz negro, ... All
Cooked prawnsCooked prawns: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Avocado with Sautéed Prawns , Seafood rice salad, Scandinavian cocktail, Surprise eggs, Normandy seafood stew, ... All
Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ham spirals, Ch'ti mussel tarts, Smoked salmon sacristains, Thin tomato jelly and avocado tart, Little caramelized peach tarts, ... All
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