Zucchini And Feta Quiche

A very simple, easy to follow and delicious vegetarian zucchini and feta quiche. Made with homemade shortcrust pastry, zucchini, spring onions, cream cheese, feta, yogurt and black olives. Tastes amazing served warm or cold.

This zucchini and feta quiche recipe is so easy to make and uses uncomplicated ingredients. All you have to do is make my go-to shortcrust pastry, make the filling and bake. I’ve made it couple of times and it always turned out well.

Ingredients used to make courgette quiche

For the shortcrust pastry

• 250 g (2 cups + 2 tablespoons/ 8.8 oz/ ½ lbs) plain flour (all purpose flour)
• 150 g butter (about 2/3 cup butter/ 5.3 oz/1/3 lbs), cold, plus extra for the form
• 1 medium egg
• 1 teaspoon sugar

For the quiche filling with zucchini

• 1 medium zucchini (courgette) (300 g/ 2/3 lbs)
• 6 spring onions
• 6 sprigs fresh parsley
• 2 medium eggs
• 5 tablespoons plain yogurt
• 175 g (6 oz/ ¾ cup) cream cheese
• 400 g (14 oz) feta cheese
• 1 garlic clove
• Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
• 20 black olives, without pit

How to make zucchini quiche with feta

Make the shortcrust pastry

Grease a flan dish (tart tin) with butter and set aside. Combine butter, egg, sugar and flour in a bowl with your hands to a firm dough.

Using your hands press the dough into the greased tart tin. Don’t forget to make the pastry a bit high on the sides . Put the tart tin with pastry in the fridge while making the filling.

Make the quiche filling with zucchini

In the meantime rinse zucchini, pat dry with paper towels and cut into thin slices. I used a vegetable slicer.

Rinse spring onions and pat dry with paper towels. Cut off stems and top of the onions and cut into small rings.

Rinse fresh parsley as well, pat dry as well and chop finely. Then peel and mince garlic.

Preheat the oven to 180°C (356 °F), with both top and bottom heat. Put feta in a bowl and break it into smaller pieces using fork or the back of the spoon.

Add eggs, cream cheese and yogurt to the bowl and mix until well combined. 

Stir in minced garlic and season with freshly ground pepper.

How to assemble ansd bake vegetarian quiche with zucchini and feta

Remove the tart tin from the fridge. Arrange zucchini slices on top of pastry. Then scatter spring onions evenly over zucchini.

Sprinkle fresh parsley over the top and season lightly with salt and pepper. Pour the cream-  feta mixture over the top. Then smooth with a spoon or spatula.

Next, arrange black olives on top.

Then bake for 1 hour or until the feta mixture is lightly golden brown. Let the quiche rest for about 5 minutes before serving. Serve warm or cold.

More vegetarian main dishes

• Spinach and cream cheese lasagna
• Spinach and feta puff quiche
• Baked eggplant in tomato sauce and feta cheese 
• Cheesy baked pasta with zucchini and mushrooms
• Kohlrabi and carrot puff pastry quiche

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