Quiche Lorraine by Pillivuyt

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Pastry

  • 2½ cups plain flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 6 Tbs butter
  • 6 Tbs margarine
  • 10 Tbs cold water

Filling

  • 230g bacon, diced and fried until crisp
  • 1 cup grated Swiss cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 Tbs plain flour
  • 11/2 cups milk or light cream
  • ½ Tsp salt
  • 1/8 Tsp nutmeg
  • 2 Tbs butter, melted
  • Freshly ground pepper

Pastry-Sift flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces and combine with your fingertips or pastry blender. Add the margarine and blend in the same way.

Stir 8 tablespoons of water with a fork. Add remaining water if necessary, to form dough into a ball. Wrap dough in wax paper and chill for 20 minutes. Roll out on a floured board, fit into the 25cm quiche dish. Trim the excess pastry. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 190c for 10 minutes. (keep oven on at 190c)

Filling-Place the crisp bacon and grated cheese in the pastry shell. Combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl, stir with a wire whisk. Pour the mixture into a pastry shell and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

For a 29cm dish, increase the milk or cream by ½ cup and add one egg.

Variations-Shrimp or lobster quiche, omit the bacon and add 230g shrimp or lobster, 2 Tsp tomato paste, 1Tsp dill weed and 3 Tbs chives, chopped.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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