Easiest Way to Cook Appetizing Flaky Quiche Crust
Flaky Quiche Crust.
You can have Flaky Quiche Crust using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Flaky Quiche Crust
- It's of For The Crust.
- Prepare of Large Egg.
- Prepare of ICE COLD Water.
- Prepare of All Purpose Flour.
- You need of Salt.
- It's of UnSalted Butter - Cubed.
- You need of For The Filling.
- Prepare of Lardon - Smoked or UnSmoked.
- You need of Gruyere Cheese.
- Prepare of Creme Fraiche (I used Sour Cream - Also Good).
- It's of Double Cream.
- Prepare of Eggs, Well Beaten - (I used 2 medium Chicken eggs and 1 Duck egg and it was Amazing).
- It's of ground Nutmeg.
Flaky Quiche Crust step by step
- 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 :).
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