a dish consisting of unsweetened custard baked in a pastry shell with various ingredients, as bacon, cheese, or spinach, and served hot
Origin of quicheFrench from German dialect, dialectal (Lorraine) küche, diminutive of German kuchen, cake
A rich unsweetened custard pie, often containing ingredients such as vegetables, cheese, or seafood.
Origin of quicheFrench from German dialectal Küche diminutive of German Kuchen cake ; see kuchen .
nounpl. Quiché, or Qui·chés
- A member of a Mayan people of Guatemala.
- The Mayan language of the Quiché.