How to Cook Tasty Flaky Quiche Crust

Flaky Quiche Crust.

You can have Flaky Quiche Crust using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Flaky Quiche Crust

1. Prepare of For The Crust.
2. Prepare of Large Egg.
3. You need of ICE COLD Water.
4. You need of All Purpose Flour.
5. Prepare of Salt.
6. Prepare of UnSalted Butter - Cubed.
7. It's of For The Filling.
8. Prepare of Lardon - Smoked or UnSmoked.
9. It's of Gruyere Cheese.
10. You need of Creme Fraiche (I used Sour Cream - Also Good).
11. It's of Double Cream.
12. You need of Eggs, Well Beaten - (I used 2 medium Chicken eggs and 1 Duck egg and it was Amazing).
13. You need of ground Nutmeg.

Flaky Quiche Crust step by step

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 :).