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quiche Lorraine

quiche Lorraine

1 5.1
A rich open pie made of pastry filled with eggs, cream, cheese and bacon
  • noun
  • /kiːʃ lɔːˈrɛn/
translation icon : quiche Lorraine
  • She smelled something burning in the air and remembered the quiche Lorraine.

Examples

  • A good mother, a mother who really cares about her children, would she buy this brand of dough for quiche Lorraine?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • For brunch, she decided to serve quiche Lorraine, which included creamy cheese and crispy bacon.

  • I ordered a slice of quiche Lorraine at the cafe, and it was rich and flavorful.

  • The chef recommended the quiche Lorraine because it paired perfectly with a fresh green salad.

Synonyms

pie
vsquiche Lorraine
696 1.0

A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling

refers specifically to an open savory custard made with cheese and bacon
quiche
vsquiche Lorraine
20 4.2

A baked pie with a rich egg filling often mixed with cheese or vegetables

specifies the custard includes cheese and bacon as its savory filling

How Rich

quiche Lorraine
1 5.1
quiche
20 4.2
omelet
  • US
76 1.0
sandwich
800 1.0
salad
550 1.0

Surface Forms

quiche Lorraine singular
quiche Lorraines plural

Morphology

quiche + Lorraine

The phrase is compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'quiche' (a savory custard tart) and 'Lorraine' (a French region) will infer this is a regional variety of quiche. However, the canonical ingredient profile (cheese and bacon/lardons) is a culture-specific detail not fully predictable from the constituents, so full meaning requires some prior exposure.

Etymology

The dish quiche Lorraine comes from the Lorraine region of France, where cooks made an open egg-and-cream tart with bacon and cheese. The name links the food (quiche) to the place (Lorraine), so today it means 'a rich, savory pie'.