Quiche Loraine :)

Here is a collection of yummy recipes that I have cooked, discovered, created, or learned from Silke and Corvin! Enjoy!

I made this today for the company we had, and it was quite yummy. It took me about an hour to prepare, and then a little over 35 minutes to cook, but it was pretty easy, and very good. I heartily recommend it. Once again, this takes a spring-form tin.

Quiche Lorraine

For the dough:

250 grams flour

125 grams cold butter

a pinch of salt

1 egg

For the contents:

200 grams bacon in thick strips

3 eggs

250 grams créme fraiche

200 g. fresh grated swiss cheese

salt & pepper

a pinch of nutmeg

butter/shortening to grease the pan

flour for the working surface

Preparation time: 30 minutes... (I admit, it took me about an hour, but then again, I was chasing after a 2 year old as well ;))

Baking time: 35 minutes

1. Mix flour, finely chopped butter, pinch of salt, and an egg in a bowl. Mix with mixer until it forms a rather clumpy dough. Knead it with hands for a while until it becomes workable, and cover with towel and put in the fridge until ready to put in the spring-form tin.

2. Slice the end off the bacon (the skin), and chop the bacon into strips. After it is all cut, put the meat into a boiling pot of water for 2 minutes. Remove quickly and dry the meat on paper towel.

3. Mix eggs with the cream and stir in the grated cheese. Add salt, but just a bit as the bacon is already salty. Mix in a bit of pepper, nutmeg, and stir. Preheat the oven to 400*F.

4. Grease the tin, and roll out the dough on a floured surface. Try to roll it thin enough that there is about a 3 cm. ledge around the tin. :)

5. Sprinkle the bacon on the dough, making sure there are no bare areas. Pour the cream/egg mixture over it, and be sure the cheese is spread out evenly.

6. Put the Quichce in the oven and bake for about 35-40 minutes. It tastes especially delicious just out of the oven! :)

Thursday, September 7, 2006

Quiche Loraine :)