Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, flaky quiche crust. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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The quiche crust is flaky and fabulous. I like recipes that are quick and easy to make with minimal Note: I don't blind bake (pre-cook) my quiche crust, but if you prefer the blind-baking method, heat. Our favorite butter pie crust recipe that makes consistent flaky pie dough every time.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook flaky quiche crust using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Flaky Quiche Crust:
- Prepare For The Crust
- Prepare Large Egg
- Prepare ICE COLD Water
- Prepare All Purpose Flour
- Make ready Salt
- Get UnSalted Butter - Cubed
- Prepare For The Filling
- Take Lardon - Smoked or UnSmoked
- Get Gruyere Cheese
- Make ready Creme Fraiche (I used Sour Cream - Also Good)
- Make ready Double Cream
- Get Eggs, Well Beaten - (I used 2 medium Chicken eggs and 1 Duck egg and it was Amazing)
- Get ground Nutmeg
Learn how to make a basic recipe of quiche with all the tricks to make a perfect flaky crust. By adding Bacon you will make quiche Lorraine, or mushrooms for a mushroom quiche. This crust is so flaky and tender. Flaky and rich from the cheese.
Steps to make Flaky Quiche Crust:
- 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 :)
I was a bit leary of the amount of flour–it's not enough compared to other quiche pastry recipes but it does work. Unlike other pie crust, flaky pie crust does not have sugar in it. It makes it perfect for savory meat pies, fruit pies, and quiche. Some recipes use butter as fat because it renders, well, buttery tasting crust. Make quiche according to recipe directions.
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