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DictionaryquicheSavory egg pie
noun

quiche

KEESH/kiːʃ/

A savory pie with an egg-based filling.

The cut quiche reveals an egg-and-spinach filling beneath its golden crust.

A savory quiche with golden crust and a wedge revealing egg and spinach filling.
Etymology
quicheAlsatian Germansmall cake

Küche was a diminutive of the German word for “cake.” The name came to designate a regional onion pie, connecting this cake ancestry with the savory pie now called quiche.

In context

Key & Peele0:06
THIS IS A CHICKEN QUICHE WITH CREMINI MUSHROOMS, BABY SPINACH, AND FETA CHEESE.
Cooking Shows Can Mess with Your Head - Key & Peele

More examples

  • I add spinach and cheese to the quiche filling.
  • The bakery sells small quiches for lunch.
  • Let the quiche cool slightly before cutting a slice.

Forms

quiche · quiches

Similar words

tart
An open pastry whose filling need not contain eggs.
pie
A broader category with sweet or savory fillings, sometimes covered.