Quiche Lorraine
A rich savory tart, filled with bacon or pancetta. The most classic version of the French Quiche.
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 150 g Flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric
- 75 g Butter
- 3-4 Tbsp Water
For the filling
- 2 Eggs
- 100 ml Cream
- 50 g Grated cheese
- 125 g Bacon or pancetta diced
- Salt
- Pepper
Instructions
For the dough
- Let's start our quiche by preparing the dough. In a bowl, put the flour, salt and turmeric. Mix well.Add the butter, well chilled, in small cubes. Mix with your hands until the butter melts. We will have a texture similar to that of bread crumbs.
- Add the water and knead until you get a smooth texture. Make a ball with the dough, wrap it in plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
- After this time, we put the oven to preheat, at 180ºC. Flour a ready surface and knead for a few minutes. Cover the mold with the dough, so that it covers the entire base and sides. Cut the excess and make some holes in the base with a fork.
- Put weight on the base of the dough (for example with dried vegetables) so that it does not rise while baking. Bake for 20 minutes.
Continue with the filling
- While the dough is baking, we are going to prepare the filling.Cut the bacon or pancetta (whichever we have chosen) into cubes. In a frying pan over medium heat, cook for about 10 minutes, until it is to your liking. Do not add oil, as these ingredients already release enough fat for cooking.
- In a bowl, put one egg and the yolk of the other (the other white is reserved to paint the dough when it comes out of the oven). Add the cream, salt and pepper to taste and mix. Add the bacon once cooked and the cheese, mix well.
- When the dough is ready, as soon as you take it out of the oven, remove the vegetables and paint it with the egg white that we had reserved. Fill with the mixture of eggs and bacon and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until you see that the dough is golden brown around the edges. Then our quiche is ready.
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