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Recipe

Difficulty

Medium

 

Prep time

1 hour

 

Cook time

50 mins

 

Serves

4-6

 

 

Ingredients:

 

Pastry:
2c flour
4.4 oz unsalted butter
1t baking powder
3.7 fl oz cold water
Squeeze lemon juice
Pinch salt

 

Filling:
1 leek
10.58 oz streaky bacon
2T unsalted butter
1T water
4 eggs
½ c cream
½ c milk
1/3 c finely grated parmesan
1T chopped rosemary
Salt and pepper

 

To serve:
2 handfuls watercress
¼ c shaved parmesan
2t olive oil
1t lemon juice
salt and pepper

Method:

   

To make the pastry:

Place the flour, salt, baking powder, butter into a food processor and pulse until like fine breadcrumbs. Add the water and lemon juice and pulse until it forms a dough. Be careful not to over mix. Remove from the processor and form into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator for ½ hour.

 

To make the quiche:

Heat the oven to 320 degree F. On a floured bench roll the pastry out to fit a 5.11" x 13.8" tart tin. Allow a few extra millimetres above the edge of the tin to allow for any shrinkage. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Bake the pastry blind by lining the pastry with baking paper and filling with pastry weights. Bake for 10-15 mins until partly cooked. Remove the baking paper and pastry weights. While the pastry is cooking, prepare the filling by washing the leek and cut into 0.8" rings. Melt the butter in a frypan, add the leeks and water and cook until lightly browned on both sides and the water has evaporated. Remove the leeks from the pan and fry the bacon briefly on both sides. Roll the bacon up and arrange the bacon and leeks in the par-cooked pastry case. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, rosemary and parmesan. Season. Pour over the bacon and leeks. Increase the oven temperature to 356 degree F and cook for 25-30 mins until the egg mixture has set. Cool for 15 mins.

Just before serving, toss together the watercress, parmesan, lemon juice, olive oil and season. Remove quiche from the tin and serve with the watercress salad and your favourite chutney.

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