Quiche Lorraine

Quiche Lorraine

3 hours

180°

70 minutes

servings

Ingredients

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