Sausage and Stilton Quiche
- 2 C. flour, all-purpose
- 1/2 C. cake flour sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 each eggs
- 1 x water ice cold
- 3/4 C. butter pliable but cool
- 1 1/2 C. onions finely chopped
- 18 Lb. butter
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 dash black pepper
- 1 1/2 C. heavy whipping cream
- 1 C. milk
- 1/2 C. white wine
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 Lb. swiss chard
- 3/4 C. sausage cooked, crumbled
- 3/4 C. stilton cheese
- Sift together flour, salt and sugar.
- Put on marble or into mixing bowl.
- Make a hole in center.
- Add butter and cut into flour with pastry blender, mixer or your fingers.
- Blend in the egg and sufficient water to make a firm dough.
- Once dough is made, do not knead it, but with the heel of your hand, push the dough out, little bits at a time, away from you.
- Do this twice, shape into a ball, wrap in foil, and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
- The dough loses it elasticity upon standing.
- When ready to use, roll on a lightly floured surface (preferably marble) to less than 18 inch thick.
- Lightly coat quiche pan with butter, then wipe surplus butter from pan with paper towel.
- Fit dough into pan.
- Trim crust 1/4 inch larger than edge of pan and crimp edge of dough.
- Prick on bottom in about 8 places with the point of a knife.
- Line dough with a circle of foil or waxed paper big enough to come up sides of dough.
- Cut the edge of the circle to make it fit.
- Fill with navy beans to hold the dough in place as it bakes.
- Bake in preheated 450 degrees oven on lowest shelf for 12 minutes.
- Remove from oven, lift out paper and beans.
- Return to oven for 5 minutes to dry.
- Pour in custard filling.
- Filling: Saute onions in butter until soft.
- Drain off butter.
- Put cornstarch, salt and pepper in a mixing bowl.
- Add enough cream to make a paste.
- Add remainder of cream, milk and eggs.
- Mix together with a whisk, but do not beat.
- Line bottom of prebaked quiche shell with onion.
- Sprinkle Swiss cheese, sausage and Stilton cheese on top of onion.
- Pour custard mixture on top of that.
- Bake in preheated 350F (180C) oven for 20 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 300 degrees and bake until set like custard (this could take anywhere from 1/2 hour to 1 1/2 hours).
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Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/sausage-stilton-quiche-38369 (may not work)