🥘 Carole’s quiche Lorraine (new)…

🥘  1 pot  🍽 Serves 6   🛒 10 ingredients ⏱ 80 minutes £8

Made with a soft crumbly pastry base, this delicious quiche Lorraine will feed 6-8 people and is ideal served with a jacket potato or a few crisps and salad leaves. If time is against you, use a shop bought ready rolled shortcrust pastry.

Crumbly Butter Pastry Recipe

• 50g porridge oats
• 175g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• 125g butter, chilled and cubed
• Iced water

To make the pastry, place the oats in your food processor and blitz until powdery. Add the flour and butter, then pulse until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 2-3 tablespoons of water and pulse to combine.

When the mixture clumps together, knead briefly. Shape it into a flat disc, wrap it in cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. You can make the pastry ahead as it will keep for up to 2 days in the fridge.

Ingredients:

• 200g bacon, chopped in large pieces
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 eggs, 2 whole and 2 yolks
• 250ml double cream
• 200ml crème fraîche
• 100g gruyère, coarsely grated

Step by step:

1. Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Fry the bacon with a little olive oil until cooked then drain on kitchen paper. Beat the whole eggs, yolks, double cream and crème fraîche together and season.
2. Roll out your pastry or ready rolled shortcrust pastry and line the tart tin and prick the base all over with a fork.
3. Line the pastry case with parchment paper, fill with baking beans and bake blind for 15 minutes.
4. Take out the paper and beans and return to the oven for 5 minutes. Trim off any excess pastry with a sharp knife. Turn the oven down to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3.
5. Scatter the bacon and cheese (keeping back a small handful of cheese) into the pastry case, add the egg mix and scatter the rest of the cheese. Bake for 40 minutes or until just set in the middle and lightly golden. Serve at room temperature.

Tips:

Gruyère is the traditional cheese, Comté or good old Cheddar work just as well. Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference Gruyère has a superb flavour.

Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference dry cured smoked bacon is worth the extra money and makes a good quiche Lorraine even better.

No time to make your own pastry? Use a ready rolled shortcrust pastry for excellent results.

Best buys for baking beans:

• John Lewis £8.50
• Lakeland £6.99
• Dunelm £5.00

All sold in 700g quantities. John Lewis in Kilner jar, Lakeland and Dunelm come in plastic tubs

More information about tart tins and beans HERE

Asparagus Quiche Recipe HERE