Kitchen appliances and utensils:
- oven;
- plate;
- cutting board;
- knife;
- a baking dish with a low side and a non-stick coating;
- bowls;
- spoon;
- cling film;
- food foil;
- a frying pan;
- scapula;
- grater;
- whisk;
- rolling pin.
Ingredients
| Product | amount |
| Wheat flour | 225 g + on a dust |
| Salt | 1.3 tsp (1 tsp. In the dough and a little to taste in the filling) |
| Softened butter | 110 g |
| Egg | 3 pcs. (1 to the dough and 2 to the filling) |
| Ice water | 1 tbsp. l |
| Bacon | 200 g |
| Gruyere cheese | 115 g (85 g for toppings and 30 g for topping) |
| Cream 35% | 230 ml |
| Nutmeg | ¼ tsp |
| Ground black pepper | ¼ tsp |
| Beans | 1.5 cups |
Step cooking
Knead the dough
- Sift the wheat flour (225 g) through a sieve. Add 1 tsp. fine salt (no slide). Mix.
- Then add softened butter at room temperature and grind it with flour and salt into crumbs.
- Drive one egg into a bowl. Add 1 tbsp. l cold water.
- Knead the dough gradually. First, we gradually collect it into a ball in a bowl, and then continue to knead on the work surface.
- We close the dough with cling film and remove it for an hour in the refrigerator.
Making the filling
- Finely chop the bacon on a cutting board.
- We shift the chopped bacon into the pan and turn on the stove.
- Fry it over low heat for 12 minutes, stirring with a spatula.
- In a three bowl on a grater 85 g of Gruyere cheese. This is a Swiss cheese without holes, with a slightly spicy taste and nutty notes. If you do not have such cheese - do not despair. It can be replaced with another kind of hard cheese that melts well.
- In a separate bowl, break 2 eggs and add 230 ml of cream with 35 percent fat content.
- Stir well with a whisk.
- In the same bowl add grated cheese,. Tsp. nutmeg and ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper. Salt to taste.
- Mix it all with a spoon and add the cooled fried bacon. Mix again. The filling is ready.
Bake a pie
- We dust the work surface with flour. We take out the dough from the refrigerator, remove the film and slightly knead the ball with our hands, making a cake.
- Sprinkle the rolling pin with flour and gently roll out the thick dough (approximately 0.5 cm thick).
- We get a round baking dish with non-stick coating. If you have the usual form, then it should be greased with pre-melted butter. To easily transfer the dough into a mold without tearing it, we use a rolling pin for transportation. Gently wrap the dough on a rolling pin and, gradually unfolding over the form, lay it.
- Since the dough is malleable, we press it slightly in shape and align the edges of the sides.
- So that the dough in the center does not swell during baking, cover it with foil and pour beans on top (about 1.5 cups).
- We send our billet to the oven, preheated to 190 degrees, for 20 minutes.
- After this time, remove the form from the oven and remove the foil along with the beans. Put in the oven for another 15 minutes.
- After that, we take out the form with the dough from the oven and pour the filling on it. Carefully level with a spatula.
- From above, directly onto the filling, add a little cheese (about 30 g) to a crust.
- Reduce the degrees in the oven to 165 and set our cake for another 20 minutes.
- When 20 minutes have passed, take out the cake and let it cool slightly. This cake is best served warm with a light salad of vegetables.
Video recipe
This video shows all the stages of cooking the quiche in dynamics.
From this article you learned how to cook a hearty, tasty, fragrant open pie - quiche Loren. Delicate crumbly dough and delicious juicy filling will not leave anyone indifferent. Have you tried this pie? And maybe you have already prepared it, and you have your own culinary secrets? We will be glad if you share it with our readers in the comments.