Recipe of Quick Flaky Quiche Crust

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The basic quiche crust ingredients are butter, flour, water, and a pinch of salt. Often, a tiny amount of vinegar (½ tsp) is added in the belief that it tenderizes the pie dough. Also, vinegar inhibits the development of gluten resulting in a flaky crust. What if my dough is too wet?

Flaky Quiche Crust is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Flaky Quiche Crust is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have flaky quiche crust using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Flaky Quiche Crust:

1. Prepare For The Crust
2. Prepare 1 Large Egg
3. Make ready 2 1/2 Tbs ICE COLD Water
4. Make ready 1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
5. Make ready 1/2 Tsp Salt
6. Take 140 Gr UnSalted Butter - Cubed
7. Prepare For The Filling
8. Prepare 200 Gr Lardon - Smoked or UnSmoked
9. Prepare 50 Gruyere Cheese
10. Get 200 ml Creme Fraiche (I used Sour Cream - Also Good)
11. Get 200 ml Double Cream
12. Prepare 3 Eggs, Well Beaten - (I used 2 medium Chicken eggs and 1 Duck egg and it was Amazing)
13. Prepare Pinch ground Nutmeg

Stir in water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball. Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium size bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.

Steps to make Flaky Quiche Crust:

1. In the Bowl of a food processor, add flour and salt and Pulse, add the butter and pulse until looks like course meal. Add in the egg and Ice Water, pulse until dough forms
2. Transfer the Dough onto a floured surface and roll out to over the size of your flan dish. Put ontop of the dish and press lightly into place. Then using a knife remove any excess.
3. Put into Freezer for 20-25 mins - this needs to be very cold before filling is added.
4. Method for Filling - Heat a frying pan and cook the lardons, drain the fat and cook again but do not allow to crisp. Remove from pan onto paper towels.
5. Cut 3/4 of the Cheese into Cubes and Great the rest.
6. Slacken the crème Fraiche and whisk in the cream, then slowly whisk in the eggs. Add a little salt and the nutmeg.
7. Sprinkle the Lardons and 3/4 of the cheese into the pastry base and pour in about 1/2 of the mixture. Then put half way into the oven on a baking sheet (pre-Heated to 220c). Then Pour the rest of the mixture in and close the Over - Lower Temp to 190c and cook for 25 mins until top is golden.
8. Remove the quiche and let settle for 5 mins remove from tin and eat - it is also good cold :)

With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together. NOTES: I've never made this with canola oil. You can double the recipe, divide dough in half, and roll out into a pair of rounds for two-crust pies. This recipe is not suitable for baked pie crust shells.

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