Too easy to make ….to not make it from scratch…
Ingredients :
- 250 g Plain flour
- 110g Butter / 2 to 3 Tablespoons of water for pastry
- Pinch of Salt
- 3 Eggs
- 200g Pancetta or smoked bacon cubes (be careful so it is not too salty)
- 40 cl Cream (a UK sized small pot is fine)
- 100g (or more !) of Gruyere Cheese or Mild Cheddar.
- Nutmeg / Pepper
How to make Pastry :
- Put the flour and salt in a large bowl and add the butter cut in small cubes.
- Use your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour until you have a mixture that resembles coarse breadcrumbs with no large lumps of butter remaining. Try to work quickly so that it does not become greasy. Add a few tablespoons of water to make a fairly tight dough.
- Wrap the dough in clingfilm and chill for 10-15 minutes before using.
How to make the Quiche Lorraine :
- Put the dough in a cooking tray / make holes in the pastry with a fork
- Cook Pancetta separately in a frying pan
- Mix eggs / Cream / Cheese and Bacon in a bowl
- Add Pepper / Nutmeg (avoid salt)
- Cook for 45 minutes in the oven at 180c in the fan oven, but close to the bottom to help cook the base. Or even better, use the bottom heat function of the oven.
