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Shop bought quiche

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nandad Thu 10-Feb-22 14:11:25

After opinions regarding using shop bought quiche please.
We are having some friends over for a drink for my birthday and husband is insisting that I won’t be doing anything towards the food other than advising him! Want to keep it very simple and only do finger food and thought small slices of quiche might be nice. Question is has anyone bought quiche and sliced it before heating it up?

Grandmabatty Thu 10-Feb-22 14:25:09

Serve it cold with salad. I do that

Sago Thu 10-Feb-22 14:38:39

Why not buy a selection of mini/individual quiches?

Humduh Thu 10-Feb-22 14:40:12

Morrisons cheesy quiche. Value and tasty

Witzend Thu 10-Feb-22 14:45:18

Personally I think it’s nicer warmed up a bit in the microwave. Whether shop or homemade.

Ilovecheese Thu 10-Feb-22 14:51:51

Morrisons quiche llorraine is delicious

Farzanah Thu 10-Feb-22 14:53:22

I like M&S quiche Lorraine. Hate it cold though.

nandad Thu 10-Feb-22 15:11:40

Thank you for your suggestions.

sago - that’s what I wanted but can’t get them anywhere as they are considered to be Christmas party food!
I was trying to go with that sort of vibe with the quiche but I’ve found that once heated in the oven the pastry falls away so I wondered if DH was to cut medium size ones first and then put them in the oven, would the filling all collapse?

Witzend Thu 10-Feb-22 15:14:01

Just warm them up for a minute or two in the microwave, assuming you’ve got one. I’ve never had the pastry collapse after doing this.

Aveline Thu 10-Feb-22 16:05:06

I've never had any problem at all with M&S quiches. I heat them in the oven. Microwave makes them soggy and I like the pastry crisp.

Sago Thu 10-Feb-22 16:56:19

nandad Iceland do them.

MayBeMaw Thu 10-Feb-22 17:01:35

Have you looked at “Waitrose Entertaining” ?

Pammie1 Thu 10-Feb-22 17:09:11

Morrisons ‘The Best’ quiches are fab. My favourite is the maple cured bacon and cheese, but they also do a lovely goats cheese and red onion. They look really good too if it’s for a special occasion.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 10-Feb-22 17:12:39

The trouble with shop bought quiche I think is that they tend to be blander than I like, but saying that how much easier a shop bought one is, and I’m usually up for an easy life these days.

Grandmadinosaur Thu 10-Feb-22 20:30:15

I like M&S quiches too especially the salmon and broccoli.

M0nica Fri 11-Feb-22 17:07:34

I find bought quiches, especially supermarket, M&S variety inremittingly dull and tasteless. thankfully out local aker does quiches that are tasty as does the local farm shop.

ElaineI Fri 11-Feb-22 18:52:43

We sometimes have buffets but I usually heat the quiches then slice. Do the same with pizza. Shop bought is fine for that though if we have it as a meal I would make it from scratch.Usually have a mix of meaty ones and vegan as son's partner is vegan. Also use shop mini sausage rolls. I remember being given a book when I was newly married called "Life is too short to stuff a tomato" (think it was a tomato) so avoid complex things for buffets. Nowadays the grandchildren decimate it first usually ?

ElaineI Fri 11-Feb-22 18:55:43

Sorry googled it and it was a mushroom (worse)!!! Was "Superwoman - life is too short to stuff a mushroom".

netflixfan Fri 11-Feb-22 18:56:29

The M&S crustless one, cheese and ham. Actually it does have pastry on the bottom. Just gorgeous!

HettyBetty Fri 11-Feb-22 21:10:01

The vegan Higgedy one is really good.

Coastpath Fri 11-Feb-22 21:33:07

Another vote here for Morrison's quiche. They do a wonderful cheese and onion one in a plain-ish brown box . Very generous and delicious but inexpensive - could even pass it off as homemade it's so lovely.

We have it cold for picnics in the summer.

FannyCornforth Sat 12-Feb-22 08:42:28

Thorners are absolutely delicious.

They could easily be homemade, they even have a slightly rustic look.
Very large. £6 from Ocado.

FannyCornforth Sat 12-Feb-22 08:45:32

Elaine it was Shirley Conran

Hetty58 Sat 12-Feb-22 08:57:19

I'm told the award-winning Cook quiche is the best - but it has to be defrosted and oven cooked (might as well, though, if you prefer it warm). My family don't like mini quiches, though - too much pastry and not enough filling.

Baggs Sat 12-Feb-22 09:05:39

Co-op ones are good. Not as good as home-made but good.