Impossible quiche recipe

How does an impossible quiche recipe work?

What we love about this impossible quiche recipe is that it requires no puff pastry base or pie crust. You simply mix all the ingredients together, pour the egg mixture into the pie dish et voila! A quiche with golden edges forms as if by magic as it bakes. No pie crust required! Making quiche needn't be hard, when you have a classic easy quiche recipe on hand. While quiche Lorraine might be a go-to for many (and we love a quiche Lorraine too), an impossible quiche recipe is even easier and speedier to make at home. And, while we love a good pie crust, a crustless quiche saves time and money. Win, win.

Why is this such an easy crustless quiche recipe?

For the fact it needs only 10 minutes to prep and a handful of ingredients, this crustless quiche has easily become one of our favourite easy quiche recipe dinners, a brunch menu go-to, and best lunchbox fillers to make. What’s more, you can make this dish ahead and freeze it for up to 2 months. What's not to love about an easy quiche recipe with grated cheddar cheese, onion and diced ham? Yum. Serve hot and golden brown, or cooled as a leftover lunch with salad.

Cheddar cheese makes a great tasty addition to this crustless quiche recipe, which has received 5 stars from more than 270 home cooks. Minimal prep, 5 stars, on the table in under an hour? That's what midweek dinner dreams are made of. And, if you like a little extra kick, you can drizzle with hot sauce, sprinkle in green onions or add fresh herbs, Swiss cheese or goat cheese. It really is a great recipe, and incredibly versatile. Bake until golden brown and you have yourself a delicious meal at any time of day.

Key impossible pie ingredients

Ham: levelling-up the flavour of this very possible pie is chopped ham. If you prefer, you can certainly swap out ham for bacon or pancetta, or even plant-based 'bacon'.

Onion: subtle but mighty, onion turns this humble pie into a magic midweek meal that's flavourful and delicious.

Tasty cheese: the secret star ingredient in this recipe is tasty cheese, which brings its sharp bite to the quiche (that kids and adults will both love at any meal).

Eggs: the magic ingredient that makes this pie possible, protein-rich eggs bring our ingredients together and create a lovely light texture when combined with milk.

Flour: finally, a little flour makes our quiche more solid and structurally sound, and ties it all together. It's self-raising flour, which helps our quiche rise and hold its shape.

For more quiche inspiration, check out our collection of best-ever quiche recipes, our best quiche Lorraine recipe, and our sweet take on the impossible quiche with this butterscotch version.

This was originally a recipe sent in by a taste magazine reader that has now been tried, tested and adapted.

Additional recipe notes by Alison Adams - Food Writer and Recipe Tester

Step 1

Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease a 5 cup capacity pie dish.

Step 2

Combine ham, onion, cheese, flour in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Scatter over base of dish.

Step 3

Whisk eggs and milk together in a large jug and pour over ham mixture. Cook for about 40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool slightly. Serve warm or cold.