This Pumpkin goat cheese quiche is one of our favorite French quiche recipes. Here in France, goat cheese quiche is a popular dinner recipe. Toss in some pumpkin and you have this fabulous pumpkin goat cheese quiche. Fresh pumpkin, goat cheese, pumpkin seeds, puff pastry, eggs, cream come together to make this tasty Fall quiche.
Pumpkin goat cheese quiche shopping list
- Fresh pumpkin
- Goat cheese
- Pumpkin seeds
- Puff pastry
- Eggs
- Cream
We love this pumpkin goat cheese quiche for so many reasons
- It is easy to make
- It is full of flavor
- It’s healthy
- Sprinkled pumpkin seeds on top add a delightful bit of crunch
- It is a simple dinner to pull together if you have company
- If making for 2, you will have wonderful leftovers for lunch the next day
We have been having so much fun developing pumpkin recipes with pumpkins in season at the moment. There are so many gorgeous varieties to choose from. You could experiment with different kinds of pumpkins for this recipe. For this pumpkin goat cheese quiche, we used a small orange pumpkin, also known as a “potimaron” here in France.
Apparently, the French have been making quiche for a very long time and calling it “quiche” since the 1600s! That’s a lot of time to create all kinds of delicious quiche recipes. In France, there are many kinds to choose from : quiche lorraine (bacon + cheese), vegetarian (often marinated peppers), broccoli + cheese, forestière (chicken, mushrooms + cream), to name a few…
I love making quiches because you can add all kinds of different ingredients to your quiche and it’s always delicious. I also adore the scent of a quiche baking in the oven. It is heavenly and perfumes your entire home. This pumpkin goat cheese quiche gives off a delightful Fall pumpkin scent as it bakes.
Quiche recipes tend to be passed down from one generation to another in French families. I love family cooking traditions. The first recipe I ever developed was a quiche recipe. We will share that recipe with you another day (it is for a brie + garlic quiche and it is yummy too.)
We’re thinking this pumpkin goat cheese quiche may be an ideal recipe to make for our Thanksgiving dinner. If you are looking for Thanksgiving dinner inspiration, here are some ideas for you :
- Pumpkin Mac and Cheese
- Easy Lentil Salad with Beets and Goat Cheese
- Zucchini Cake
- French Pumpkin Soup
- Pumpkin Mushroom Bowls
Pumpkin goat cheese quiche
This delicious pumpkin goat cheese quiche is filled with fresh pumpkin, goat cheese, pumpkin seeds, puff pastry, eggs and cream.
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Pumpkin goat cheese quiche
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 mins
- Yield: For 4 people 1x
Description
Learn to make this simple + delicious pumpkin goat cheese quiche.
Ingredients
- 400g of fresh pumpkin
- 80g of goat cheese (sliced)
- 1 tbsp of pumpkin seeds
- 1 puff pastry sheet
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup (25cl) of cream
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
- Arugula
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C).
- Cut the pumpkin into ½ inch cubes.
- Put the pumpkin in a tray with 2 tbsp of olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Cook in oven for 30 / 45 minutes, until the pumpkin is soft and you can easily pierce it with a fork. Put the pumpkin aside.
- Line your quiche mould with parchment paper. (This is the quiche mould we use.)
- Use a fork to make small holes in the dough.
- Cover with parchment paper. Hold in place using baking beans and put in oven for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk cream, eggs, salt and pepper.
- Remove the puff pastry from the oven.
- Remove the baking beans and the parchment paper.
- Add pumpkin cubes, goat cheese, the egg and cream mixture and 1/2 tbsp of pumpkin seeds.
- Put in oven for 15/20 minutes, until the quiche becomes light brown.
- Serve with arugula salad and sprinkle with the rest of the pumpkin seeds.
Notes
This is the LE CREUSET QUICHE MOULD we use to make our quiches.
These are our FAVORITE KITCHEN KRAFT BAKING BEANS.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: French
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Coley | Coley Cooks says
OMG, give me this immediately!! Looks soo good. And I’m really hungry 😉
A Hedgehog in the Kitchen says
It was so good! I hope you make it and come back to tell us how it turned out!
Denise Wright says
That looks like a work of art! I love the flavor combination ….I’m becoming a huge goat cheese fan lately. i put it on everything!
A Hedgehog in the Kitchen says
We love it too! We hope you try this quiche and come back and let us know how it turns out!
Katie Bryson says
I love that you’ve made this with puff pastry… looks totally sumptuous! Thanks for sharing it with us on Simple and in Season – what a gorgeous selection of Pumpkin recipes you’ve been making 🙂
A Hedgehog in the Kitchen says
Thanks so much! It was such a pleasure to share and we’ll definitely be back again to share some more of our recipes! We went a little pumpkin crazy this past Fall and had so much fun preparing (+ eating!) pumpkin recipes! 🙂