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Easy Salmon Leek Quiche

Published: Jul 22, 2021 · Modified: Jun 19, 2021 by Dora · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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Easy Salmon Leek Quiche recipe with a simple homemade crust that will make you feel like a pro. Suitable for the whole family, for baby-led weaning babies, to toddlers and adults.

slice of salmon leek quiche with a fork cutting the end of it

Back when I could actually invite people over (that sweet pre-COVID life...) quiche was often a go-to meal. It can serve lots of people at once and you easily can make a few different versions to everyone's liking.

Although it may sound complicated if you've never made one before, you can really simplify things and pretty much use any ingredients you have at home.

It's also a great nutritious meal that can be stored in the refrigerator (or even frozen) and simply reheated when necessary.

For some reason I love using salmon in quiches. I think it may be because it gives this specific aroma and taste to the otherwise bland taste of the custard. In any case I've found that pairing it with leeks is just the perfect combination. And to my surprise even some picky eaters decided to eat it.

Nutrition And Ingredients

crust ingredients
filling ingredients
custard ingredients

Flour

  • We are all about healthy nutritious ingredients full of vitamins and minerals but to make a perfect quiche crust you really need to use white flour (which is obviously not the most nutritious but it can play it's part in everyone's diet from time to time!)

Eggs

  • I always look for either organic ones or free-range ones to be sure that the chickens have not been treated with any hormones, antibiotics or preservatives
  • Eggs are a great source of B vitamins, especially choline, as well as protein

Butter

  • Similar reasoning as to using white flour for the quiche crust in terms of nutrition, but you'd really want to use butter to make your perfect pastry (we have made this using goat's butter also)
  • It actually is a great food for kids (in reasonable amounts) since it provides calories, fats and fat-soluble vitamins
  • Butter needs to be cold, straight out of the fridge for this recipe

Salmon

  • Ideally use fresh salmon here. Check the ingredients that is doesn't have any color added
  • Salmon is THE best source of omega-3 fatty acids that you can get. And healthy fats and calories as well.

Leek

  • Choose a fresh looking leek that is bright green at the top and white on the bottom
  • Leeks provide a nice amount of folate as well as antioxidant nutrients that can support heart health

Yogurt

  • You can use either firm yogurt or drinking yogurt here. If serving to toddlers and babies I would recommend going for the full-fat version (we have also made this using goat's yogurt)
  • Great source of protein, fats and calcium

Sour Cream

  • Not your most wanted food due to the high content of saturated fat but it really serves its purpose for the quiche custard. So if you use it once in a while it contributes to the whole "it's all about balance" that we like to point out so much!

Parmesan cheese

  • I used grated parmesan cheese for the custard
  • Provides a good amount of calories, protein, fat and calcium

At What Age Can I Give This To Babies and Toddlers?

From 6 months onwards if you are baby-led weaning, or whenever you are ready to transition your child to finger foods.

This is subject to you testing all the allergens beforehand. If you are giving it to babies under 1 year old omit any additional salt in the recipe and monitor their sodium intake during the day because they should not have more than 1 g of salt per day.

How To Make Salmon Leek Quiche

images of the process

Prepare for baking. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 390°F. Coat the bottom of a pie dish with some butter.

Make the crust. Put the flour with the salt into a mixing bowl. Add the cold butter by rubbing it between your fingers so you get small crumbly bits of butter. Add the egg. Mix until you get a nice firm pastry dough (you can mix with a spoon or use a Kitchen Aid with a paddle attachment). Once the pastry is nice and firm sprinkle some flour on a clean surface and roll out the dough to be the size of your pie tin (we made this in a 9.5 (23 cm) inch Pyrex Pie tin and a 10.2 inch (26 cm) Pyrex Cake tin and both turned out perfectly).

Bake the crust. Punch some holes at the bottom of the dough with a fork and put in the oven to bake for about 15 minutes.

Make the filling. Cut the leek into small bits and fry in a pan with a bit of oil for about 10 minutes, until soft. Cut the salmon into smaller pieces and mix the raw salmon with the leek once the leek is cooked.

Make the custard. Put all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix until you have a smooth custard. Season with salt and pepper according to your taste.

Make & bake the salmon leek quiche. Once the crust is baked, lower the oven temperature to 180°C / 350°F. Arrange the salmon-leek mixture over the crust. Pour the custard on top. Bake for about 30 minutes. The quiche is done when you insert a knife through it and it comes out clean.

Cool and serve. Leave to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

slice of the quiche

Tips & Tricks For The Perfect Quiche

Use cold butter. If you're making your own crust like I was, make sure you use cold butter. You really need to rub it between your hands into the flour and then mix in a mixer to achieve that perfect quiche pastry.

Know the strength of your oven. The oven temperatures and baking time mentioned in the recipe are for my oven based on its strength. Your oven might or might not be stronger than mine and therefore the baking time and/or temperature may vary. What you can do after putting the quiche in the oven for baking is check every 10 minutes or so to see that it hasn't started browning on top. If it has you need to lower your oven temperature and keep an eye on the quiche.

How to Serve To Baby, Toddler and Bigger Kids?

Babies

  • Omit salt from the recipe
  • 6 months old
    • For baby-led weaning, remove the crust as it is too hard and serve a large piece of the quiche the width and length of index finger for the baby to easily grab
    • Not suitable for pureeing

9 months old+ (or whenever ready for pincer grasp)

  • Cut up into bite size pieces (size of your pinky fingernail) or the same as for baby-led weaning. You can give them very tiny pieces of the crust also

Toddlers

  • You can serve a big piece and see how they manage with a knife and fork (we used these training cutlery to teach our kids how to use a knife and fork)
  • Cut into smaller pieces and give them just a fork
2 slices of quiche

Possible Salmon Leek Quiche Variations

Use store-bought pastry. If you don't have the time (or will) to make your own quiche crust, you can use store-bought pastry. Either shortbread or puff pastry will work.

Add any ingredients of choice. So the crust and custard ingredients are pretty much the same for any quiche. But you can play with your fillings. Some of my favorite options are tomatoes & mozzarella as well as mushrooms & ricotta.

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Easy Salmon Leek Quiche

Easy Salmon Leek Quiche with a simple homemade crust that will make you feel like a pro. Suitable for baby-led weaning and toddlers.
5 from 5 votes
Author: Dora
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Servings 8
Fridge Life? 3 days
Freezable? 3 months

EQUIPMENT

  • Mixer
  • Pyrex Glass Pie Baking Dish

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour 250g
  • ½ cup butter 125g
  • 1 egg
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Filling

  • ½ leek
  • 8.8 oz salmon 250g

Custard

  • 4 eggs
  • 0.85 cup sour cream 200ml
  • 0.85 cup yogurt 200ml
  • 1 oz parmesan 30g
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Preheat the oven to 200°C / 390°F. Coat the bottom of a pie dish with some butter.
  • Put the flour with the salt into a mixing bowl.
  • Add the cold butter by rubbing it between your fingers so you get small crumbly bits of butter.
  • Add the egg. Mix until you get a nice firm pastry dough (you can mix with a spoon or use a Kitchen Aid with a paddle attachment).
  • Once the pastry is nice and firm sprinkle some flour on a clean surface and roll out the dough to be the size of your pie dish (see notes for pie dish sizes)
  • Punch some holes at the bottom of the dough with a fork and put in the oven to bake for about 15 minutes.

Filling

  • Cut the leek into small bits and fry in a pan with a bit of oil for 10 minutes.
  • Cut the salmon into smaller pieces and mix the raw salmon with the cooked leek once the leek is cooked.

Custard

  • Put all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix until you have a smooth custard. Season with salt and pepper according to your taste.

Make the Quiche

  • Once the crust is baked, lower the oven temperature to 180°C / 350°F.
  • Arrange the salmon-leek mixture over the crust.
  • Pour the custard on top.
  • Bake for about 30 minutes. The quiche is done when you insert a knife through it and it comes out clean.
  • Leave to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

Pie Tin Size: We have made this using a 9.5 inch (23 cm) and a 10.2 inch (26 cm).
Use cold butter. If you're making your own crust like I was, make sure you use cold butter. You really need to rub it between your hands into the flour and then mix in a mixer to achieve that perfect quiche pastry.
Know the strength of your oven. The oven temperatures and baking time mentioned in the recipe are for my oven based on it's strength. Your oven might or might not be stronger than mine and therefore the baking time and/or temperature may vary. What you can do after putting the quiche in the oven for baking is check every 10 minutes or so to see that it hasn't started browning on top. If it has you need to lower your oven temperature and keep an eye on the quiche.
Serving to children

Babies

  • Omit salt from the recipe
  • 6 months old
    • For baby-led weaning, remove the crust as it is too hard and serve a a large piece the width and length of index finger for the baby to easily grab
    • Not suitable for pureeing
9 months old+ (or whenever ready for pincer grasp)
  • Cut up into bite size pieces (size of your pinky fingernail) or the same as for baby-led weaning. You can give them very tiny pieces of the crust also

Toddlers

  • You can serve a big piece and see how they manage with a knife and fork (we used these training cutlery to teach our kids how to use a knife and fork)
  • Cut into smaller pieces and give them just a fork
Reheating
  • defrost in fridge for 24 hours and reheat in oven for 15 min at 150°C / 300°F.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 259kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 15gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 140mgSodium: 304mgPotassium: 324mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 484IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 144mgIron: 2mg
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