Flaky Quiche Crust Recipe

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Flaky Quiche Crust Recipe

Flaky Quiche Crust

Flaky Quiche Crust. Home » Flaky Quiche Crust from Scratch. This post may contain affiliate links to Amazon and other sides. The quiche crust is flaky and fabulous.

Ingredients

You need of For The Crust
You need 1 of Large Egg
You need 2 1/2 Tbs of ICE COLD Water
It’s 1 1/2 Cups of All Purpose Flour
It’s 1/2 Tsp of Salt
You need 140 Gr of UnSalted Butter – Cubed
It’s of For The Filling
Prepare 200 Gr of Lardon – Smoked or UnSmoked
Prepare 50 of Gruyere Cheese
It’s 200 ml of Creme Fraiche (I used Sour Cream – Also Good)
It’s 200 ml of Double Cream
You need 3 of Eggs, Well Beaten – (I used 2 medium Chicken eggs and 1 Duck egg and it was Amazing)
It’s Pinch of ground Nutmeg

Steps

In the Bowl of a food processor, add flour and salt and Pulse, add the butter and pulse until looks like course meal. Add in the egg and Ice Water, pulse until dough forms.
Transfer the Dough onto a floured surface and roll out to over the size of your flan dish. Put ontop of the dish and press lightly into place. Then using a knife remove any excess..
Put into Freezer for 20-25 mins – this needs to be very cold before filling is added..
Method for Filling – Heat a frying pan and cook the lardons, drain the fat and cook again but do not allow to crisp. Remove from pan onto paper towels..
Cut 3/4 of the Cheese into Cubes and Great the rest..
Slacken the crème Fraiche and whisk in the cream, then slowly whisk in the eggs. Add a little salt and the nutmeg..
Sprinkle the Lardons and 3/4 of the cheese into the pastry base and pour in about 1/2 of the mixture. Then put half way into the oven on a baking sheet (pre-Heated to 220c). Then Pour the rest of the mixture in and close the Over – Lower Temp to 190c and cook for 25 mins until top is golden..
Remove the quiche and let settle for 5 mins remove from tin and eat – it is also good cold :).

Quiche is a savory egg custard baked in a flaky pie crust shell. Though you can certainly make a crustless quiche, too! The base of quiche filling are milk, cream, and eggs. The add-ins vary and can include meats, seafood, cheese, spices, and vegetables. One of the more popular quiche recipes is Quiche Lorraine, which combines bacon and cheese.

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