Quiche


🛒Ingredients (Grocery List)

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose Flour

  • 1/2 tsp Salt

  • 8 tbsp (1 stick) unsalted Butter, cut into pieces Filling

  • 1/4 pound Thick-sliced Bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4 inch-thick-strips

  • 3 large Eggs

  • 1 1/2 cups Milk or Heavy Cream

  • 1 cup of Shredded Swiss Cheese

  • Salt and Pepper


🍴Serves: 4

⏰Prep Time: 60 min

⏱️Cook Time: 40 min


🥣Instructions

1. Make the Flaky Tart Pastry: In a bowl, combine the Flour with the Salt and Butter. Rub the Butter into the Flour between your palms. Sprinkle over 1/4 cup of Water and knead briefly until large crumbs form. Press into a disk. On a lightly floured surface, scrape the dough away from you with the heel of your hand in a long sliding motion, then press into a disk: Repeat 3 times.

2. On a Lightly floured work surface, roll the dough into a round around about 1/2 inch thick. Wrap the dough around the rolling pin and fit it into an 8-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Trim off any excess. Use the scraps to patch any cracks. Prick holes all over the bottom of the tart shell with a fork. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, 15 to 20 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Add the Bacon and when the water returns to a boil, drain.

4. In a bowl, whisk the Eggs with the Milk or Heavy Cream, the Shredded Cheese and season with Salt and Pepper. Scatter the Bacon in the tart shell. Pour in the custard. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake until the custard is set, and the top is puffed and browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve the tart hot, warm, or at room temperature.


💡Tips

  • The Bacon can be replaced with smoked baked Ham. To remove some of the Salt and smokiness in any cured meat, boil it as for the Bacon.

  • You can be prepared and bake this tart ahead of a time and eat it at room temperature or reheated.