
Quiche Lorraine
3 hours
180°
70 minutes
servings
Ingredients
- 185 g plain flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 100 g unsalted butter
- cold
- cut into 1 cm cubes
- 3 tbsp ice cold water
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 small brown onion
- 200 g bacon in small strips
- 4 eggs
- 300 ml thickened cream
- pinch salt and pepper
- 125 g grated cheese
Pastry
- Place flour, salt and butter in KitchenAid bowl with Flex Edge Beater
- Mix on speed 2 for 2 minutes
- Replace Flex Edge Beater with Dough Hook
- Kneed on speed 2, gradually add water
- Use your hands to make a ball of dough, wrap in cling foil
- Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes
- Preheat fan forced over to 180 degrees C, standard oven to 200 degrees C
- Sprinkle work surface with flour
- Unwrap dough and place on flour, sprinkle flour on top
- Roll out into a round shape large enough to cover the quiche pan and sides
- Press pastry into edges of the quiche pan, patching up edges if needed
- Refrigerate for another 15 minutes (safety measure)
- Place baking paper over the pastry, fill with baking beads
- Bake for 20 minutes, then remove from oven
- Remove paper and beads and bake for 10 minutes on 160 degrees C
Filling
- Fry garlic, onion and bacon, let cool down
- Place eggs, cream, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk to combine
Assembling and baking
- Place quiche tin with cooked quiche pastry on tray
- Scatter cooled bacon filling over pastry
- Scatter cheese evenly across top
- Pour egg mixture over the top
- Bake for 40 minutes on 180 degrees C fan forced, 200 degrees C standard oven