Quiche Recipe Ready Made Pastry Case

Fill the pastry case with a round of baking paper and add baking beans see tip to weigh it down.

Quiche recipe ready made pastry case. Bake for 15 mins then carefully remove the paper and beans and cook the pastry for 5 mins more this is called baking blind. Serve warm or cold. I ve also included directions for using store bought pastry sheets because the steps are the same for the baking part.

Line the flan ring with the pastry and prick the base all over with a fork. Roll the pastry out on a clean work surface until it s slightly larger than a 20cm 8in flan ring. Fill pastry case and bake lower oven to 150c fan 130c gas 2.

Beat together the eggs crème fraiche cheese and seasonings scatter the cooled bacon in base of flan case carefully pour in the egg mixture and bake for 20 25 minutes until the egg mixture has set and the pastry golden. Scatter over the pastry base discarding excess fat followed by the cheese. Soft buttery leeks add a tasty twist to a classic quiche lorraine recipe.

Pour into the pastry case then bake for 25 30 minutes or until just set and lightly golden on top. Cover with cling film. Mix eggs cream and nutmeg together then half fill the case.

Heat a pan then fry the bacon until golden. Preheat the oven to 200 c 180 c fan oven gas 6 and put a baking sheet inside to heat. Buy a ready to bake pastry case fridge section in supermarket finely slice 3 4 onions place in a bowl with a large knob of butter.

Neatly trim the overhanging pastry with a sharp knife. Try a classic quiche lorraine salmon quiche or an italian sausage quiche. Beat together the eggs and milk in a bowl then stir in the cooled onions and cheese and season.