Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The best quiche recipe EVER

Ooooh, -what a claim! Really? The best?...Oh yes, it is most definitely THE UTMOSTEST BRILLIANTEST quiche recipe on the planet. I am sooooo very qualified to make this claim because my husband only has two great food loves in this world, -Pizza and Quiche. Naturally, in order to remain married, I have had to become reasonably adept at creating both, y'know, properly and from-scratch and all that.
Now, this is a real and proper quiche. No low-fat diet-friendly monster this. It uses full cream, a fair whack of tasty cheese and whole eggs (not to mention, 'twould be bloomin' marvellous with crispy dead pig and chorizo...if you're into that sort of thing). I get around the calorie count by having a modest slice and a LOT of salad on the side :-)
And let's face it, Quiche and salad is precisely the right meal for these sultry summer nights. I assure you, real men do eat quiche, and head off to work with large slices of leftovers looking quite smug.

Ingredients
* 2 tsp olive oil
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* 100g vegetarian bacon
* 100g baby spinach leaves
* 1/2 a tin of corn kernels
* 4-5 medium button mushrooms
* 4 eggs
* 3/4 cup cream
* 1/2 cup soy milk
* 1/3 cup shredded parmesan
* 1/2 cup grated tasty cheese
* smoked paprika
* salt and pepper

Pastry
* 2 cups plain flour
* 150g butter, chilled, cubed
* Pinch salt
* 1 egg
* 4-5 tbsps iced water

Method
1. For pastry. whack butter and flour in a food-processor until mixture forms crumbs. Add egg and water until dough is formed, knead until smooth, cling-wrap and pop in fridge for 10 mins.
2. Blind-bake pastry at 190 degrees for 10 mins
3. Saute onions, bacon and mushrooms until soft and drain off any excess moisture.
4. Spread veges on cooked pastry base, adding spinach leaves and corn kernels and pour your eggy mixture on top.
5. Sprinkle with cheeses and some smoked paprika and bake 30 minutes at 190.

Of course, you could cheat and use store-bought pastry, but then you'd be a big fat faker and your marriage will probably fall apart as a result...your choice though :-)
If you want to get all cheffy about it, sprinkle the finished product with microgreens and torn up chive flowers before serving, and/or arrange some impressive thinly sliced heirloom tomato slices on the top...whatevs rocks your boat.
You could also serve it with a kick-ass homemade spicy tomato relish...
Now, excuse me while I go and eat a whole packet of Nurofen. My bloody teeth!!!!

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