Blue Cheese Quiche Recipe
Ingredients
| Basic Short Crust Pastry Dough- 1/2 lb. flour | ||
| Onion | 1 Medium, chopped | |
| Streaky Bacon Rashers- 3 oz., rinds removed and chopped | ||
| Stilton cheese | 6 Ounce, crumbled | |
| Double cream | 1/4 Pint | |
| Milk | 1/4 Pint | |
| Eggs | 1 | |
| Egg yolk | 1 | |
| Salt | 1 To taste | |
| Black pepper | 1 To taste | |
| Snipped Chives, Freshly Chopped Parsley or Spring Onions- to garnish | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2) Dust flour over the working table and roll out the dough.
3) Using the rolled dough sheet line a 9 inch flan ring and set on a baking sheet.
4) Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
MAKING
5) In a pan, sauté onion and bacon until the bacon fat melts and the onion is soft.
6) Place the bacon mixture in the bottom of the pastry case.
7) Dredge the bacon mixture with the cheese.
8) In a bowl, beat together cream, milk, eggs, yolks and seasoning.
9) Spoon the egg mixture over the bacon mixture.
FINALIZING
10) Bake in the oven for 35 minutes until the filling is set.
11) If you wish to freeze the dish, then do so at this stage. Freeze the quiche until firm.
12) Wrap the flan in foil and pack in freezer bag.
13) Seal, label and return to freezer.
SERVING
14) Serve hot garnished with chives, parsley and spring onions
15) If using the frozen quiche, take off the wrapping and place the quiche on a baking sheet and thaw at room temperature for 4 hours.
16) Reheat in a preheated moderately hot oven for 30 minutes or until well heated.
17) Serve as mentioned in step 16.
1) Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2) Dust flour over the working table and roll out the dough.
3) Using the rolled dough sheet line a 9 inch flan ring and set on a baking sheet.
4) Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
MAKING
5) In a pan, sauté onion and bacon until the bacon fat melts and the onion is soft.
6) Place the bacon mixture in the bottom of the pastry case.
7) Dredge the bacon mixture with the cheese.
8) In a bowl, beat together cream, milk, eggs, yolks and seasoning.
9) Spoon the egg mixture over the bacon mixture.
FINALIZING
10) Bake in the oven for 35 minutes until the filling is set.
11) If you wish to freeze the dish, then do so at this stage. Freeze the quiche until firm.
12) Wrap the flan in foil and pack in freezer bag.
13) Seal, label and return to freezer.
SERVING
14) Serve hot garnished with chives, parsley and spring onions
15) If using the frozen quiche, take off the wrapping and place the quiche on a baking sheet and thaw at room temperature for 4 hours.
16) Reheat in a preheated moderately hot oven for 30 minutes or until well heated.
17) Serve as mentioned in step 16.
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