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Snacks and Light Meals Recipes -
Quiche Lorraine
Recipe
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Snacks and Light Meals Recipes
-
Quiche Lorraine
Recipe
Ingredients
Serve
6
Filling:
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50 g/2 oz
butter
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150 g/5 oz smoked bacon, cut into small pieces
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350 ml/12 fl oz double cream
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3 eggs
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1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
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salt and pepper
Method:
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To make the pastry, sift the
flour and salt into a
large mixing
bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture
resembles breadcrumbs.
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Mix in the egg yolk and
enough of the measured water to bind the
ingredients. Knead the dough lightly and then chill
in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
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Roll out the
pastry
on a
lightly floured surface and use to line a buttered 23
cm/9 inch loose-bottomed flan tin. Prick the base of
the flan with a fork.
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Melt half of the butter in a
frying pan, add the bacon pieces and cook gently
until lightly colored. Put the cream and eggs in a
bowl and whisk together. Add the grated nutmeg and
season with salt and pepper.
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Sprinkle the cooked bacon pieces over the base
of the pastry
case and dot with the remaining butter. Pour in
the cream and egg mixture.
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Bake in a preheated oven,
at 200°C (400°F),
Gas Mark
6, for 30 minutes, or until
set and golden brown. Serve warm.
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