Easy Crustless Quiche With Asparagus And Bacon

Cook up a simple crustless quiche, packed with all the rich, creamy flavour of a quiche, but without the faff of making pastry.

Crustless quiche bursting with smoky bacon and tender asparagus, makes a delicious, easy lunch. Just serve alongside a salad or some new potatoes.

Asparagus quiche is the perfect recipe to make the most of the UK Asparagus season. And perfect for lunch in the garden or picnics.

This tasty meal idea is a little like a baked omelette but with a more creamy, rich and delicious taste.

Making A Crustless Quiche For Lunch Is A Good Thing, Here’s Why! 

Super Easy To Make – crustless quiche recipe is really simple to prepare and cook, just cook the veggies, whisk up the creamy, cheesy egg filling, mix together and bake. Easy!

Healthier Version Of Quiche - skipping the pastry crust cuts out a lot of carbs and calories. Plus making the quiche with no crust is a great gluten-free meal option too.

Create different flavours - you can mix and match the fillings to create any flavour crustless quiche you fancy, no need to just stick to bacon and asparagus.

Equipment Needed To Make A Crustless Quiche

• Chopping board

• Vegetable knife

• Saucepan with lid

• Frying pan

• Scissors

• Wooden spoon - or cooking spoon

• Colander

• 23cm deep springform cake tin (springform cake tins have removable bottom and sides, so it's easy to get the crustless quiche out without breaking it up)

• Greaseproof paper - to line the tin

• Measuring jug

• Small bowl or jug - to mix the quiche filling

• Whisk

Ingredients For Crustless Quiche Recipe

Everything you'll need to make our delicious asparagus and bacon quiche - the crustless way!

• 30g butter - for frying the bacon and onions in, you can swap this for a tablespoon of olive oil if you prefer.

• 1 onion - peeled and finely chopped

• 6 slices of bacon - we try the rind and fat and then snip the bacon into bitesized pieces using kitchen scissors.

• 150g asparagus - use the tender stem asparagus

• 8 large eggs

• 150ml double cream

• 100g Parmesan cheese - grated

• Pinch salt and black pepper

How To Make Crustless Quiche

It's super easy to make crustless quiche, a whole lot less faff and fuss than a pastry case quiche!

Step One - preheat the oven and line the cake tin

• Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4 - grab our handy oven temperature conversion chart here.

• Lightly grease the cake tin with a little butter. The line with the greaseproof paper so that the base is covered and the paper comes up to the top of the tin. You don't need to be neat here, just scrunch the paper in - think rustic!

Step Two - cook the onions and bacon

• Melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat and tip in the chopped onions and bacon. Fry gently for around 8-10 minutes. Or until the onions are softened and the bacon cooked through. Then put to one side to cool down.

Step Three - cook the asparagus

• Whilst the bacon and onions are frying. Place the asparagus into boiling salted water and cook for around 5 minutes until just turning tender. Then drain using a colander and run under cold water to stop them cooking any further.

Step Four - mix up the creamy quiche filling

• Crack the eggs into a mixing bowl, pour in the double cream, add 80g of the Parmesan cheese and season with salt and cracked black pepper.

• Whisk the quiche mixture together.

• Then add the fried onions and bacon and stir them through the creamy, cheesy mixture.

Step Five - pour the crustless quiche mixture into the cake tin

• Pour the quiche filling into the lined cake tin.

• Lay the cooked asparagus on top in lines.

• Then scatter over the remaining Parmesan cheese.

Step Six - bake the crustless quiche

• Bake the crustless quiche in the oven for around 25-30 minutes or until the top is golden and the centre is cooked but still a little wobbly.

• Remove from the oven and leave to cool for around 30 minutes before removing from the tin and serving.

Quiche Goes Well With...

• Rocket Salad
• Tomato Salad
• Air Fryer New Potatoes

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More Delicious Quiche Flavours To Try

You can mix and match the quiche filling to suit your own tastes, we've popped some delicious quiche flavours below for you for inspiration!

Classic Quiche Lorraine - keep the flavours traditional and flavour the quiche with bacon and cheese.

Spinach And Feta - channel Mediterranean vibes with a delicious spinach and feta quiche, you could also add a sprinkling of chorizo crumbs in with this one for added taste.

Mushroom - mushroom quiche is totally delicious, you can opt to pair them with a tangy mature Cheddar cheese or some blue cheese, or even a mix of both.

Broccoli Quiche - we love a crustless broccoli quiche for breakfast. It works well as a laid back weekend brunch with coffee and some fruit.

Tomato And Cheese - top your plain cheese quiche with thinly sliced vine tomatoes and sprinkle with plenty of chives. For a tasty tomato quiche.

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