Quiche Lorraine | The French Chef Season 1 | Julia Child

Julia Child prepares everybody’s favorite savory French pie -- Quiche Lorraine. She demonstrates the perfect pie dough recipe and makes a pastry shell, and she shows how to make several types of quiches.
About the French Chef:
Cooking legend and cultural icon Julia Child, along with her pioneering public television series from the 1960s, The French Chef, introduced French cuisine to American kitchens. In her signature passionate way, Julia forever changed the way we cook, eat and think about food.
About Julia Child on PBS:
Spark some culinary inspiration by revisiting Julia Child’s groundbreaking cooking series, including The French Chef, Baking with Julia, Julia Child: Cooking with Master Chefs and much more. These episodes are filled with classic French dishes, curious retro recipes, talented guest chefs, bloopers, and Julia’s signature wit and kitchen wisdom. Discover for yourself how this beloved cultural icon introduced Americans to French cuisine, and how her light-hearted approach to cooking forever changed how we prepare, eat and think about food. Bon appétit!
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[@rosemaryallison9411]

I remembered she had this show when I was very young but my mom wouldn't let me watch the show and I wanted to watch. Now I can watch it. Now I am almost 73. It's never too late.

[@kelleykidder7787]

If I could have watched these shows 30 years ago, I would have been a better cook sooner. I relied on cookbooks which left out the details. I'm a good cook, but I could have learned much. She was the best.

[@shannonrobinson262]

Why wouldn’t your mother let you watch her shows? I can’t imagine life without these shows. I watched them and learned so much

[@randywatts6969]

Why did she forbid you?

[@mariairace917]

I watched and learned much. Didn’t follow everything too many steps. Lived in Germany for a year. Courtesy of army. Learned a more practical way from a German lady who was wonderful!!

[@nuggetwagon]

Even my mother wouldn’t let me watch her because my mother was sure that Julia child was a lesbian communist operative. Ridiculous. Well screw my mom. I wound up gay, anyway.

[@minniek4679]

It’s wonderful to find these old shows on KZbin. …As relevant as ever.

[@hollyholowach5207]

I have made lots of pie crusts in my day but decided that i wanted to try a real Julia Child crust so I found this video of her old show. Loved watching it and I just put my first official Julia Child crust in the refrigerator to chill while I do other things. Today is my 72nd birthday and I am going to make a pumpkin pie to celebrate!

[@hollyholowach5207]

By the way, it turned out fantastic! So yummy! I will use her recipe for crust from now on!

[@christinegraham2579]

Happy belated birthday!

[@Rotary_Phone]

Don't forget to add the aluminum foil sack of "old dry beans"!!!!!

[@upthedown1]

Watching this right now on PBS 2024 🙂

[@jlaurcrocker]

Julia was a renegade! Revolutionary then, rewarding often, and relevant still!

[@Chris-d2s2q]

Nostalgic, this video makes me hungry and want to fall asleep

[@LP-ow3kd]

The original and still the best. People think I am a master cook when really I just do what Julia tells me hahahahaha.

[@alisonkrom5416]

I loved her as a young girl and I love watching her shows. She was my first and favorite influence as a home cook.i never met her in life. I wish I had. I remember hearing about her passing away,I was very saddened.i will never forget how she influenced me and inspired me to cook.

[@angiejenkins520]

I feel exactly the same way! Definitely a great influence on a country kid who grew up with squirrels and fish on the menu all the time.

[@zingsalerno]

Me too‼️

[@mae8861]

There is an interesting story about how she was rejected from culinary school because she was a woman. Guess she showed them. LOL

[@alisonkrom5416]

@@mae8861 she sure did and her legacy will live on.

[@kathleenjmalmquist3015]

I like how she keeps calling the refrigerator an “icebox”. My mother always called our refrigerator an “icebox” even into her 90’s 🙂

[@hollyholowach5207]

That's because when she was little, all refrigerators were actually iceboxes. The ice man would come and deliver a giant block of ice and put it in part of the refrigerator and keep food cold until it melted and they needed a new block. It was truly a box for storing ice and food - thus, an icebox! :)

[@nancy9478]

My Mom called it that too. She grew up with them.

[@pianoman551000]

@@hollyholowach5207 very nice explanation of the "icebox", Holly!

[@elizabethcraig5825]

Some call it the fridgeader, thus “the fridge came about.😊

[@juliehobbs7938]

We hsd one for a time in the 60s. We were too broke to buy a fridge for a time.

[@nicolem.6431]

I love that she is still teaching years later.

[@johnnales6195]

Ok, I’m a 63 yr old male watching original Julia episodes. Why, because I got hooked watching the series Julia, on cable. I do enjoying cooking. Crazy I’m hooked!

[@toddmeier9743]

Right behind you on that!

[@davidhickenbottom6574]

What a treasure what a teacher.

[@catherine59226]

Julia was an absolute delight! ❤

[@lesleymcshanemitchell9651]

some cooking to all of us Under the guise of French Cuisine she was so marvellous brought good home cooking into our homes RIP Julia

[@akrossmann1631]

Julia, you are treasured for all time!

[@DavidHall-ge6nn]

Best pie crust EVER!!!

[@annm4833]

I just love her. She makes you feel that you really can cook meals you've never tried before. Shes so good at explaining and she's just REAL. Not like the hyped up dramatic cookkng shows today. Julia is just the best!

[@catherineshaw1122]

How much do I love this woman? Her passion inspired my mother, who made some extraordinary meals for me growing up. Later on, when we had little in common and a sometimes strained relationship, Julia and cooking were things we could always connect with. I also find her relationship with Paul very inspiring and beautiful.

[@traceefarrington7022]

I too loved watching the French chef as a little girl. She definitely was great at explaining why she used the methods. Thank you for sharing this gem with us!

[@chrisandersen5635]

So good. I have a Julia Child DVD, and it covers many of her series. It’s kinda great to just be able to watch this first season. She was a true pioneer. So much to learn!! Thank you PBS and thank you Julia!

[@grannylong]

Being British I had never heard of her until Meryl Streep played her. She got the voice right but not so much her mannerisms. I admire this cook.

[@alijames180]

She deserves an Emmy award for being the first woman in the world. She is hilarious 🤣

[@ktmc317]

I never had the privilege of watching much of Julia’s show before, it was a bit before my time. I do remember seeing snippets on PBS and I always liked her voice. Now I am watching in my first trimester of pregnancy to help my appetite, and to learn tips to cook for my family. With morning sickness, it can be hard to eat. Watching these videos while cooking and eating is allowing me to eat more than I could without. Thank you Julia! A true angel chef that is taking care and feeding people to this day through the magic of video! ❤

[@PureMagic101]

Oh this is awesome! My parents didn’t cook much when I was growing up and when I got this recommended to me on here, I recognized the name but had never actually seen anything with her. But I do love quiche so I figured what the heck. I’m so delighted this was so simple and nicely explained! Gonna go down a rabbit hole for more recipes with her for sure!

[@mayonnaiseeee]

What a legend she is. Such a thorough teacher. Thank you for posting this!

[@knitterscheidt]

I watched this show as a child with my grandmother. She always enjoyed it so much. As a country girl born in 1902 she was very familiar with what she called pie dough and her method was almost identical. I love when Julia says, "I shan't go on"

[@Knappa22]

Love how she puts her specs on to read out the recipe. No nonsense :)

[@gregmunro1137]

I was 4 and I loved her show and the ‘ galloping gourmet ‘

[@nathanaeldavenport2251]

Thank you Julia for highlighting the benefits of scales over measuring by volume. It’s baffling to me that we in the States still haven’t changed our ways. Scales make repeatability much easier, it takes less time to measure ingredients, and leaves less to clean up. I’ve converted all my favorite recipes to mass. My wife still measures by volume. One of us always has much more to clean up afterwards. We are a house divided. 😆

[@marcdenton2996]

An extraordinary Chef❤️

[@EM2theBee]

I will have to try this as I didn't care for my mom's quiche because it was just an egg pie. This is a cheese tart with egg as a binder. Fascinating!

[@Lara__]

her oven behind her looks like the cookie monster. It cannot be unseen 20:38

[@patcola7335]

I love people with your kind of sense of humor...😆😂

[@garypesci746]

I didn't know what you meant at first, then I went back and looked at the oven. You're right, the knobs look like eyeballs and the window in the door looks like a big mouth, it's like a square cookie monster!

[@chha6439]

A legend ..I miss her.

[@145FREE]

Julia Child was a pip! Bravo, Julia!

[@twojtwoj2051]

So cool to have someone so calmly explain with such great knowledge about all details!

[@bookwoman53]

I used to watch this show in reruns on PBS on Saturdays.

[@1paultv22]

I almost forgot about S&H green stamps. I think I remember my mother using them up until the early 1990s at a local grocery/department store.

[@Zandanga]

Sperry & Hutchinson, I think it was ... used to help my mother put the stamps in the little coupon books ...

[@budgibson8045]

I love classic black and white footage of the 60's of Jula Child the first female chief that is good for watching with good drections 💯

[@theshamanshadow]

Making that dough today believe that Chef!

[@jayendepersil6607]

She is so generous with her professional time.

[@garypesci746]

I'm sure she got paid for doing these shows. That was her job, she was never a restaurant chef.

[@kellielambing1309]

I made the short crust pastry and Lorraine- I added mushrooms. Pie crust was perfect. I over baked it but still delicious!

[@chrissyknowsitall5170]

I even love the shows music!!!!

[@Nadine-kx7ok]

Still relevant info on how to make great pastry! She is definitely the GOAT ❤️

[@mae8861]

A real trail blazer way before her time regarding tv programming. I understand she was the only woman in her chef class, is that true?

[@NancyfromIllinois]

She wanted to take the real Cordon Blu training, not just the housewives version. So yes, I think she was the only woman.

[@noodleperson17]

Saw CFY seven times at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. Absolutely joyous and memorable in all departments (although only got to see Charlie twice but his understudy was equally good). Also saw Anything Goes at the Barbican but have forgotten it now. CFY was such a delight. (Loved the notice on the back wall of the Zangler theatre: ‘Exit to 42nd St’ 😂

[@kathym6603]

Even the music to Julia's show was great.

[@stephaniestanley8041]

When the world 🌎 was simple 🙂❤️

[@jpbouffard]

The world still is simple....or it could be, if we just wanted it to. We all just need to shut off )

[@chrisderniaux482]

😂🎉😁🤣 Un vrai plaisir 💙 quel bonheur cette vidéo

[@marinasousa1527]

I love the bar soap she washed her hands with!!!!!

[@glorialautzenhiser5140]

And she always let you know what would be a good side with her recipe

[@sunshinedaisy9879]

I love making her French omelets with herbs.

[@ColinCropley]

this is one recipe I want to make.

[@sallybrown7854]

Interesting that in UK there has been bread strong flour, plain flour and self-raising flour for as long as I can remember. Also quite a messy way of measuring instead of using scales. Very nice videos to watch. Lady seems very nice and easy to follow. Obviously well known in USA. Thanks for posting.

[@anEizBerg]

How interesting. I've never done the method of pressing and pushing the dough with the palm like that. I've always read in recipes to be super gentle with the dough and not over work it. I will try this method next time and see what happens!

[@DaveTexas]

Mmm. Quiche Lorraine is one of my favorite meals! I’ve always used diced cooked ham instead of bacon, though. Bacon would be great, I’m sure. I’m intrigued by the onion quiche, though. I imagine using caramelized onions might make for an incredible quiche!

[@califdad4]

I have a quiche pan but preferred the deep dish pie pan,. All my recipes for this has cheese in the mix too, maybe that's why it's called ham and cheese quiche.

[@reneemb4319]

This is a masterpiece of crust and filling!

[@pauldow1648]

This must have been one if her first shows, ahundred years ago.,..

[@TestCandidate95]

18:43 - Bless your heart, Julia.

[@johnbaker6125]

Every time I hear some song with the oboe front and center, I think of this theme song.

[@jetsgardner5490]

Please post the broadcast dates for nostalgia?

[@babswirkus7038]

Oh dear. Ms Child forgot to mention how long the Quiche bakes in the oven!

[@brittraegrantham4385]

Until it’s done of course 😏

[@rocioaguilera3555]

First for five minutes and you take the beans out and bake it two- three minutes more.

[@thebeastfromwithin3024]

I'm part French poodle. Also I would like some Quiche Lorraine

[@MLG88726]

I wonder what year this was… if I had to guess… sometime in the early 60s.

[@ImogenC-rt3fm]

ROCK LOBSTER.

[@brittraegrantham4385]

You cant find a rolling pin, like the one she picked up for $5, for less than $80 now.

[@kerrywatson8581]

Thrift shop😊

[@brittraegrantham4385]

@@kerrywatson8581I’ll Venmo you $45 if you could thrift & send for me 😎

[@theblindredneck747]

To adjust for inflation five dollars is $54 in today’s money.

[@chumbucketjones9761]

19:18 somebody fix the antenna!

[@simonalyneenderz3247]

Julia and John Ritter on Three's Compzny inspired me to attain a Culinary Arts degree 30 years ago. It was a waste of time since our Chef had heart attacks and not stop smoking.

[@keithjones9546]

Her recipes and methods are refreshingly simple. Today's cooking presenters often have the most bizarre flavor combinations and come up with intentionally difficult rigmaroles to execute their recipes.

[@toddmeier9743]

Funny, she also uses a paint scraper too!

[@pingpong6861]

I am a fan of Julia, but I never butter my the tart pan or ring. Never any sticking. Her tart dough keeps lifting off the pan while she's pressing it in because of the butter.

[@luckysol7486]

😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

[@lorisutherland7728]

Has anyone used a French oven compared to a oven in the USA

[@TravelingBibliophile]

I used one a couple of years ago when I was in Paris and did a cooking class (non-Cordon Bleu) . The class, which include visiting the local markets to collect the ingredients fresh from the sellers and butchers, that was done out of the home of a person’s home in the city. I liked the oven better than ones we have in North America. It was closer in look and feel to an Aga oven than what is found in most home kitchens on this side of the Atlantic.

[@lorisutherland7728]

@@TravelingBibliophile can you regulate the temp easily? And is it easy to use the doors that open compared to the American ovens?

[@huggledemon32]

It’s so strange to watch these in black and white- hard to see the food clearly- it makes me realise how much we depend on colour in cooking! Also - at least in my family and friends in Australia, our Quiches are MUCH deeper!🧐🤷‍♀️👍🏻🥰

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

People should remember that it is just an appetizer, not a meal.

[@mae8861]

Look at the size of that rolling pin! Ouch

[@grannylong]

You could knock someone out with that one. 😂

[@irisvictoria2026]

Check the tart shell she didn't put it again in the oven🤣🤣

[@TheFlow2006]

man that papertowels sounded like it was printer/copypaper ...

[@wellofcire]

most stuff on this show seems drawn out about 7 times the needed length....her later shows based on her book or whatever were wayy better

[@Wagonrider89]

Listen to those paper towels. Sounds like construction paper.

[@aimeemorgado8715]

Hahaa that was my mother’s one and only criticism of Julia. My mom thought they were wasteful. I never used paper towels until I was married for several years and my MIL convinced me to try them. I’m still stingy with them!

[@anieldelouvain153]

Quoi que les Anglais cuisinent, ils n'ont pas les bons gestes et le résultat paraît pitoyable, comme cette fausse quiche toute raplapla.

[@dayoneshemuyl9464]

Wow. This is the first White "person" I ever saw to wash her hands.

[@janethope2452]

Always drinking and getting drunk, while cooking on her show.

[@blueeyedbehr]

what an idiotic comment. julia child never drank alcohol on her show.

[@user-ep9fu2be4z]

Earliest lgbtq confusion lmao ...

[@patcola7335]

What ? Julia was straight.

[@alicetelford9027]

Julia was tall and happily married to Paul…*not gay! 🙄

[@theblindredneck747]

I don’t know what you’re smoking, but keep it up.

[@jacquelinewilson2279]

Too many contraptions required and overly complicated - a quiche Lorraine can be made well with much simpler instructions and equipment - I mean it would take hundreds of dollars to buy these pans - putting a pan on a pan etc, Ridiculous - who has pans that fit inside pans to cook pastry?

[@rosemaryallison9411]

I remembered she had this show when I was very young but my mom wouldn't let me watch the show and I wanted to watch. Now I can watch it. Now I am almost 73. It's never too late.

[@nicolem.6431]

Why wouldn't she let you watch it?

[@rocioaguilera3555]

@@nicolem.6431 I'm curious to why your mom did let you watch it.

[@garystrankman3841]

Can you imagine ANY of todays chef cooking in this environment, coil electric stove limited counter space NO preprepared ingredients no air conditioning and no editing...boy would they be exposed for sure.

[@brushfuse]

Just imagine having to do all of this for a live TV stream. I think she was so authentic and endearing.

[@buckeye7192]

And there was no redo if things did not go well! She was a brave cook, but always was honest about things might not always go well!

[@sharonericson480]

I wish my mother had humbled herself to watch Julia. Mashed potatoes, canned vegetables and a protein - typically over-cooked - direct from Betty Crocker. Nightly dessert - freshly, beautifully made apple or lemon meringue pie - saved the meal. But oh, to have had flavorful Julia roasts, gravy, quiche, home-made stock-based soups.....

[@grannylong]

Yes but very expensive for recipes then. Wine artichokes etc truffle.

[@blueeyedbehr]

@@grannylong apparently you missed her episode about making dinner with two dollars.

[@rogerhowlett9118]

So true regarding 50's-60's food! My Mother OVERCOOKED everything especially pork because she said medium/rare meat would give you a disease!!!!!

[@BoringTroublemaker]

Yikes. You could have always made yourself a pb&j. Ungrateful.

[@garypesci746]

@@rogerhowlett9118 I was a kid in the 1960s and my mother also overcooked most meat & even scrambled eggs. Ketchup was my best friend with most meat, unless we had gravy with the meat. She made some things that were good, like spaghetti with homemade sauce, lasagne, ham, tuna casserole, fried shrimp & homemade fries, maybe a few other things I can't think of now. Prime rib was the one meat she did not overcook, we had it every Christmas and only then. I never liked pork chops because they were cooked until bone dry and pork chops are not very good with ketchup. But in the 1970s my mother found a recipe for pork chops cooked with baked beans and that was delicious, the pork chops stayed melt-in-your-mouth tender & juicy. She found a recipe in the 1970s for a spinach quiche that was good, even my step-father, who would not eat green vegetables, liked it, so she made it frequently. I can't remember if it had cheese in it, but she never made it with bacon, which would have been so good. She followed recipes exactly, never experimented with anything. I think she was afraid of making a mistake. My mother had no creativity or imagination, played by the rules all the time. She would never even take the leftover boysenberry jam packets from the table when we had dinner at Knott's Berry Farm Chicken Restaurant. I think she was afraid she would get arrested for stealing.

[@reneemb4319]

I love Julia Child! I learn so much from her shows.

[@ronpfeiffer9157]

Pure entertainment from a time when we were all young and innocent love it

[@lynnadames9526]

I wish that the volume was better, but I guess I have to accept that it was filmed decades ago and I love all of these vintage videos nonetheless.

[@theblindredneck747]

The sound quality has to do with the fact that it was originally recorded on I’m guessing 16 mm film. These episodes have not been digitally restored hence the hiss, pop, and crackle in the audio. Adds to the nostalgia in my opinion.

[@ОльгаВикторовна-ц1ы]

I do love her.❤ She is like a busy bee.❤❤❤

[@Spot4art]

Wonderful video! Memories ❤️

[@CBDabbs]

That's a Thorpe rolling pin.

[@mae8861]

How basic her kitchen was, not like Rachel Ray LOL

[@lennacummings7624]

Rachel Ray can’t hold a candle to this woman!! Julia’s techniques are timeless, and chefs nowadays insinuate these tips were their ideas and were brilliant in making the discovery. Chefs had the way paved for them by Julia Child!

[@garystrankman3841]

@@lennacummings7624 Most of the modern chef don't cook and certainly don't bake they just assemble foods.

[@genesiabeharry111]

A very nifty shifter. I Love quiche. One of my most favourite dishes. ❤❤❤

[@SuperNova-bq2ge]

Unbelievable that she uses the cup method, although in France she learned about the scale. Even more unbelievable that those methods of measuring are still used today 😅. Other than that brilliant! Thank you!

[@patcola7335]

How else would you measure ? What do you mean unbelievable?

[@sunspot42]

@@patcola7335 They weigh the ingredients for pie dough, bread and cakes in Europe. They don’t go by volume. But in America at this time, it was all done by volume not weight - few home cooks had a scale precise enough to weigh ingredients for recipes. Julia points out in the video that the French would weigh the ingredients, not measure by volume.

[@jchow5966]

Magnificent.

[@CreachterZ]

One of my biggest life problems is having a soggy bottom. :( This looks so good!

[@foodforagingaustralia4274]

Poor thing walks round like frankenstein dragging that cable around.