Chicken & Mushroom Quiche
Quiche is an opened-pie with a rich compact filling with basic
Quiche is an opened-pie with a rich compact filling with basic
Ingredients
- Pastry Ingredients:1 cup plain flour, siftedpinch of salt
- (3 oz) butter1 egg yolk, lightly beaten90 g
- cold water2 tsp
Instructions
- 1.
Put flour and salt into a bowl.
- 2.
Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- 3.
Mix in egg yolk, lemon juice and 2 tsp of water to a firm dough.
- 4.
Turn pastry onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly.
- 5.
Leave to rest for 20 minutes.
- 6.
Roll pastry to a circle enough to fit a 9-inch flan tin.
- 7.
Lift the pastry onto the greased tin and press the pastry into the grooves of the tin with your fingers.
- 8.
Blind bake in 180º C oven for 15 minutes.Filling:1 chicken breast fillet, diced into tiny pieces1/2 cup of chopped onions 1/2 can of button mushroom, drained & chopped 1 1/2 cups cream3 eggssalt, pepper1/2 tsp paprika2 tbsp chopped parsley1 tbsp grated cheddar cheeseMethod for filling:
- 9.
Sautee the onions & mushroom in a pan.
- 10.
Add chicken breasts and cook till done.
- 11.
In a bowl, beat together cream & eggs.
- 12.
Add salt, paprika, pepper, parsley, cheese and sauteed chicken. Mix well.
- 13.
Pour the egg mixture over the baked pastry.
- 14.
Bake in a moderately hot preheated oven for 45 minutes.
- 15.
Cut into wedges to serve. Fantastic eaten with salad!!!