Quiche Lorraine
- 1 cup Flour, Rounded Cup
- 18 teaspoons Salt
- 2 whole Eggs, Beaten
- 10 Tablespoons Butter, Cut Into Small Pieces
- 10 ounces, weight Lean Smoked Bacon
- 4 whole Eggs
- 1 cup Creme Fraiche Or Heavy Cream
- 18 teaspoons Nutmeg, Scant
- Salt And Pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cups Gruyere Cheese, Grated
- Place the flour into a bowl and make a hollow in the middle of it.
- Add a pinch of salt, two eggs, and the butter.
- Knead everything together, forming a ball.
- Press the ball flat and form into a ball again.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.
- Then roll out the chilled pastry to about 1/8 inch thick.
- Grease two 7 inch cake pans with butter.
- Or you can use a quiche mold.
- Line pans with pastry and trim the excess pastry if there is an overhang.
- You can make pretty crimped edges if you want, but in a 7 inch cake pan its more difficult than if you use a pie pan.
- Besides, I love the rustic look of the plain crust edge around this quiche.
- Prick the pastry all over with a fork, and preheat your oven to 430 degrees F.
- While the oven is heating, dice the bacon, and brown it lightly in a pan over medium heat.
- Then remove it from the pan and drain on paper towels.
- Beat the 4 eggs in a bowl, stir in the creme fraiche and season with nutmeg, pepper and a little salt.
- Dont go overboard.
- Add the salt sparingly.
- Remember bacon is salty.
- Go ahead and pre-bake your pastries a little, if you want.
- Put them into your preheated oven for 6 or 7 minutes.
- Then remove them from the oven and spread the diced bacon and grated cheese over the pastries, and pour the egg mixture over this.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes.
- Place foil over the edges of the crusts after about 10 minutes to prevent excess browning.
- Serve hot, room temperature, or even cold!
- These quiches are small they serve only about 2.5 people each.
- Theyre thin rather than thick.
- They are more authentically French than some of the American quiches we eat here.
- I think its simplicity is what I love about it.
- Its just a few really good things blended together and baked in a shell!
flour, salt, eggs, butter, bacon, eggs, creme fraiche, nutmeg, salt, gruyere cheese
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/quiche-lorraine-3/ (may not work)