In French cuisine, what is the name for a baked dish originating in Germany that is based on a custard made from eggs and milk or cream in a pastry crust, which usually is blind baked before the other ingredients are added for a secondary baking period?
Quiche Quiche originated in Germany, in the medieval kingdom of Lothringen, under German rule, and which the French later renamed Lorraine. The word quiche' is from the German Kuchen', meaning cake.