Easy Quiche Lorraine Recipe By Mary Berry

MARY BERRY'S QUICHE LORRAINE

Steps:

• To make the pastry, cut the butter into cubes, sift the flour into a large bowl, and use your fingertips to rub the flour and butter together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Add the water and knead gently into a dough.
• Cover the dough with clingfilm, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• When the pastry is chilled, use a rolling pin to roll it, arrange it over a quiche/flan tin, and use a fork to prick it in a few places.
• Cover the tin with non-stick paper, and fill it with dry pulses or baking beans.
• Bake in the preheated oven at 220 degrees Celsius (430 Fahrenheit) for 10 minutes, then remove the paper and dry pulses, and bake again for a further 10 minutes until golden.
• To make the filling, peel and chop the onion.
• Heat up the oil on a low heat, add the onion with a pinch of salt, and fry until golden.
• Add the onion to the pastry, scattering it well over the bottom of the pasty.
• Add the cooked bacon chopped into pieces and the grated cheese.
• In a jug, beat the eggs, add the cream, and mix well.
• Pour the mixture over the pastry.
• Decrease the oven temperature to 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit).
• Bake for 25 minutes until the quiche is golden and set.

EASY QUICHE LORRAINE RECIPE BY MARY BERRY

Steps:

• First make the pastry: tip the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the margarine or butter and rub in gently with fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 3 tablespoons cold water until the pastry comes together in a ball.
• Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface and use it to line a 20cm (8in) loose-bottomed flan tin. Ideally, use a fluted tin.
• Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 220˚C. Prick the pastry case all over with a fork, to prevent air bubbles forming during baking. Line the base and sides with baking parchment and weigh it down with baking beans. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Remove the beans and paper and bake the empty case for a further 10 minutes, or until the base is lightly browned. Trim the overhanging pastry.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 180˚C. Crisp the bacon in a sauté pan over a medium heat for 10 minutes. Transfer to the cooled pastry case with a slotted spoon. Leave the juices in the pan.
• Place the onion in the pan and cook over a medium heat for 8 minutes or until golden. Add to the quiche Lorraine and top with the cheese.
• In a bowl, combine the eggs, cream, salt and pepper, then pour into the quiche. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden and just set. Be careful not to overcook the quiche, or the filling will become tough and full of holes.