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Vegan Quiche Lorraine Recipe from Baconish

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Vegan quiche Lorraine is rich, yet light and fluffy. And it’s packed with vegan bacon power.

Vegan quiche Lorraine is rich, yet light and fluffy. And it's packed with vegan bacon power.

You guys, I am thrilled to be part of the blog tour for Leinana Two Moons’s new vegan cookbook: Baconish. It’s a whole book dedicated to the different ways that you can make vegan bacon. There’s a joke in the vegan community that vegans can make bacon out of anything, and this book proves that it’s funny because it’s true. Get the vegan quiche Lorraine recipe from Baconish below!

More bacony goodness: Get my bacon cashews recipe!

The book starts out with the basics: a little introduction about bacon and then 14 different “Meet the Bacons” recipes. I like that in the book’s intro, she doesn’t shy away from touching on our culture’s obsession with bacon. In her introduction, she says, “I hope this book will interest everyone who loves bacon – and everyone who loves animals even more than they love bacon.”

Me, too!

Vegan quiche Lorraine is rich, yet light and fluffy. And it's packed with vegan bacon power.

From there, she shares breakfast recipes, soups, salads, sandwiches, sides, main dishes, and even desserts packed with vegan bacon goodness. The vegan quiche Lorraine recipe is from the breakfast chapter, and I’m so glad that I chose it to try first. It’s pretty quick and easy, and the results are just delightful.

To make her vegan quiche Lorraine, you can use homemade or store-bought bacon and a homemade or store-bought pie crust. Leinana has two kids, so she totally gets maybe not having time to cook everything from scratch. Whichever direction you go, I think you’ll be really happy with this recipe and with Baconish!

Vegan quiche Lorraine is rich, yet light and fluffy. And it's packed with vegan bacon power.

Vegan Quiche Lorraine Recipe from Baconish

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

This quiche bakes up light, fluffy, and custardy, just the way I like it. Enjoy this for brunch with my favorite side dish, the mimosa. (See photo on page 42.) (From Baconish © 2016 by Leinana Two Moons. Used with permission from Vegan Heritage Press.)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup raw cashews
  • 14 ounces soft tofu, drained
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 tablespoon white miso paste
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 cup chopped seitan bacon or your favorite vegan bacon
  • 1 cup vegan shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 (9-inch) vegan pie crust
  • chopped fresh chives, for garnish

Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350?F. In a blender or food processor, pulse the cashews until they are finely ground. Add the tofu, cornstarch, nutritional yeast, miso paste, mustard, salt, and onion powder, then blend again until the mixture is very smooth.
  2. Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon pieces and cook until they are browned and crispy, 5 to 6 minutes.
  3. In a large bowl, mix the tofu filling with the bacon and cheese. Pour the filling into the prepared pie crust and bake for 45 minutes, until deep golden brown on top. Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Garnish with chopped fresh chives before serving.

About Becky Striepe

(rhymes with “sleepy”) is a vegan food writer and cookbook author. She been vegan since 2006 and developing simple vegan recipes since 2008.

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Comments

  12. Corrine

    April 27, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    I haven’t tried a non commercial vegan bacon so it’s hard to say. I still haven’t found a commercial one yet that compares to the real thing but I’ll never go back to an animal based bacon.

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  14. Ann S

    April 27, 2016 at 4:02 pm

    This recipe looks great! I will definitely give it a try. I like tempeh bacon pretty well, and I tried a recipe for bacon made from portabella mushrooms that was pretty good too. I want to try eggplant bacon next.

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  18. Linda

    April 27, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    I’ve never had vegan bacon before! I had no idea there were so many varieties. My favorite sandwich in the world used to be BLTs. But I love animals more so gave it up. I would LOVE to win a copy of this great-sounding book because my budget is so tight. Was happy to find your FB page and have also subscribed to your newsletter 🙂

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  19. Turtlemoon

    April 27, 2016 at 11:39 am

    looks delish! I have tried a couple of veggie bacons but really still enjoy the homemade tempeh bacon best. Want to enter but for some reason my pc has stopped communicating with any rafflecopters and i cannot figure out why 🙁

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  26. Natalie | Feasting on Fruit

    April 26, 2016 at 1:02 pm

    My mom used to make a non-vegan quiche that looked exactly like this…or should I say this looks exactly like it…either way the fact that this is vegan is unbelievable and making me hungry! I actually haven’t tried any vegan bacon 😮 I don’t really eat much tofu or tempeh and I haven’t gotten around to making the mushroom or coconut kind. But I’d do it for quiche 🙂

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  28. Jenn

    April 26, 2016 at 9:56 am

    I’ve had tempeh bacon before which was really good, but I’ve never tried to make my own version at home. I would love to check out this book and see all the options. And this quiche looks so delicious! Just like the real thing!

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  29. Hedi

    April 26, 2016 at 9:31 am

    Can you believe I have never tried any vegan bacon? Always find it a bit strange to taste, like I am kinda cheating or something :-)))) Book sounds fantastic!

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  32. Natalie

    April 25, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    So far I have only tried coconut bacon and tofu bacon. I would love to win this cookbook and expand my bacon repertoire!

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