This Roasted Cauliflower Crustless Quiche is vegetarian, gluten free and packed with veggies and cheese!
This cauliflower quiche is IDEAL because it’s filled with veggies and it’s crustless, meaning it requires less prep time! It’s a win-win if you ask me. Truthfully, I could eat eggs every day and never tire of them. Oh wait, I already do, though I wasn’t always this egg-obsessed. In fact, before I started dating Miguel, I was much more of a cereal and/or granola for breakfast kinda gal. Then when we started living together back in 2013, Miguel would make himself eggs for breakfast every morning, and I would enviously stare at his eggs, then back at my cereal, then at his eggs again. Truthfully, the eggs just always looked—ok, smelled—so much better. And that is exactly how my egg craze started. Plus, the fact that since he was already making eggs for himself, he’d just make them for me too, which is how I successfully convinced Miguel to be the “breakfast maker” in our household. Still not mad about it.
I’m not too picky when it comes to eggs, either. I’ll eat ‘em scrambled, hard boiled, over easy, in frittata form, or in this case, in quiche! Crustless quiche, to be exact. I’ll be honest, I love regular quiche—the crust is just so darn tasty—but if there’s one thing breakfast needs to be, it needs to be quick, and making tradition quiche, crust and all, is absolutely not quick. That’s when cauliflower crustless quiche becomes the answer to all of your problems!
CAULIFLOWER QUICHE INGREDIENTS:
Like many egg bakes, this crustless quiche is a simple breakfast to whip up one day and enjoy for the next several days. Talk about stress-free breakfasts! This quiche recipes is filled with:
- roasted cauliflower
- eggs
- tarragon (secretly my favorite herb)
- parmesan cheese
- burrata cheese
- milk
It’s vegetarian, gluten free, and sure to please picky eaters thanks to the cheese!
HOW TO MAKE CRUSTLESS QUICHE:
Step 1: roast the cauliflower. Yes, you heard me correctly–you must roast the cauliflower! I know, I know, that means this whole thing is going to take longer, but we all know that roasted cauliflower is SO much better than raw or steamed cauliflower. Make sure to break the cauliflower into bite-size pieces so that it roasts faster and so you don’t have large chunks of cauliflower in the quiche.
Step 2: whisk eggs, milk, cheese, and tarragon together really well. You’ll only want to use HALF of the burrata cheese; otherwise, the mixture will be too liquid-y. Plus, you want some to add on top once the quiche is done baking.
Step 3: add the roasted cauliflower into the bowl with the eggs; then, pour the entire mixture into a greased 8″ cake
Step 4: bake away! This quiche needs to bake for approximately 45 minutes, or until the eggs have set. Once it’s done, you’re going to want to wait a few minutes before carefully running a knife around the edges and then inverting it onto a cooling rack. Then, you can sprinkle it with MORE CHEESE. I mean, why not?
As you can see, this cauliflower quiche is easy to prep, and it’s well worth it. Eggs for days, people, eggs for days!
OTHER BREAKFAST RECIPES:
PrintRoasted Cauliflower Crustless Quiche
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 mins
Ingredients
- 3 cups cauliflower
- 1/3 cup fresh tarragon
- 1–2 tbsp olive oil
- 8 eggs
- 3/4 cups almond milk or milk of choice
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 1 ball burrata cheese
- Salt and pepper
- Arugula or any type of greens for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Place cauliflower and 2 tbsp tarragon onto a baking sheet, drizzle with 1-2 tbsp olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and roasted for approximately 20 minutes, or until cauliflower is golden around the edges.
- Meanwhile, whisk eggs and milk together in a large bowl; add parmesan cheese, the rest of the tarragon, salt and pepper ,and HALF the burrata cheese; stir.
- Line an 8″ cake pan with parchment paper and then grease the sides of the pan with coconut oil; set aside.
- Once the cauliflower has roasted, add the roasted cauliflower and tarragon to the bowl and stir.
- Pour egg mixture into the cake pan and then place it in the even. Bake quiche for approximately 45 minutes or until the eggs have set.
- Remove pan from the oven and allow it to sit for 10 minutes in the pan before taking a knife around the edges and carefully inverting it onto a cooling rack.
- Sprinkle quiche with greens of choice, more parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and enjoy!
This was a simple and delicious recipe. Roasting the cauliflower was easy and well worth it…by the time I finished preparing the other ingredients the cauliflower was ready and I just put everything together and popped it in the oven. My family loved it! Ideal for brunch, lunch or dinner.
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Woohoo– happy everyone liked the recipe and thanks for the feedback!
Dear Erin, I just did it, it’s great; my mom has a transition to a vegan/vegetarian diet and this recipe is a nice addition to our repertoire: -)
Best regards.
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This sounds great and can’t wait to make it! What do we do with the other half of the burrata cheese? The ingredient list calls for a ball of burrata cheese, but the instructions say to add half the burrata cheese. Is burrata cheese packaged as an 8 oz ball or 4 oz ball? I am substituting mozzarella and need to know how burrata is packaged. Thank you!
Hi! You can just save the other half for another time/another recipe. Or, I honestly don’t think it would hurt to add the whole thing in!
Well, I would have to agree that eggs are more appealing than cereals. I am an egg person already and actually, I just love it with garlic fried rice for breakfast.
Anyway, just dropping by to say thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe. I loved this roasted cauliflower quiche.
YES eggs are the ultimate breakfast. I’m so glad you enjoyed the quiche, Sheila!
Have not tried Quiche with cauliflower before. will give this recipe a try. Thanks.
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Hi Erin! Does the quiche keep well? My husband doesn’t like quiche (I know, he’s lame), so if I made this, I would have it for a while…
I think it does… ours lasted I want to say 4 days and it was still tasty.
What is buratta cheese? Is there a substitute? I live in the middle of nowhere and getting anything exotic or out of the ordinary is impossible.
hi! You can substitute fresh mozzarella cheese instead of burrata, since I’ll admit burrata can be a bit trickier to find.
I’m egg obsessed too!!! As a vegetarian, they’re perfect for breakfast…. oh who am I kidding, lunch and dinner too! 😉 Also, super genius cooking it in a cake pan!!
I love quiche! I’d never think to put cauliflower in it, but cauliflower goes with everything, so why not?
Eggs are the best food ever!!! I hope I can start eating them again. 🙂