Mary Berry Cheese Onion Quiche Food

CHEESEBOARD & ONION TART

Steps:

• Put the flour, butter and salt into the bowl of a food processor, then pulse until the mix looks like fine crumbs. Splash in 4 tbsp cold water, then pulse to a dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface, shape into a smooth disc, then wrap and chill for at least 10 mins. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
• Roll pastry out on a floured surface until large enough to line a 23cm loose-bottomed tart tin. Line the tin with the pastry, leaving any excess pastry overhanging. Line with baking paper, then fill with baking beans. Bake on a baking sheet for 15 mins. Take out the paper and beans, then bake for 10 mins more until pale golden and cooked. Use a serrated knife to trim the pastry level with the tin - resting the knife flat on the edge of the tin will help achieve an even finish.
• While the pastry cooks, soften the onions in the oil over a medium heat for 10 mins until golden. Beat the eggs and cream together, then season to taste. Crumble up the hard cheeses and chop or pull the creamy cheese into small pieces. Scatter the cheese into the pastry case, add the onions, then pour in the egg mix. Turn the oven down to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3 and bake for 40 mins until set and lightly golden.

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.

A CLASSIC CHEESE AND ONION FLAN

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Place the flour, butter (or butter and lard mix), and salt into a large, roomy mixing bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles sand.
• Add the water a little at a time and bring the mixture together to create a soft dough.
• Form the pastry into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• While the pastry is resting, prepare the filling.
• Heat the butter and oil in a saucepan. Once melted, add the sliced onion and sauté over medium heat to soften (but not brown). Place the softened onion onto a dinner plate and leave to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 400 F / 204 C. Roll the pastry to 5 millimeters thickness and line a greased, 10-inch loose-bottomed tart tin. Chill in the refrigerator while you make the remaining filling.
• Put the eggs into a large measuring jug and whisk them. Add the cooled onion, grated cheese, and parsley. Stir in the milk. Season with a little salt and black pepper.
• Take the pastry case from the refrigerator, place it on the middle shelf of the preheated oven, and carefully pour in the egg-cheese mixture until it is two-thirds full. Do not overfill as the flan will rise while cooking.
• Bake for 25 to 40 minutes until the top is golden brown and set, but not completely solid when gently pressed in the center.
• Remove from the oven and rest for 5 minutes before serving.
• The flan is lovely warm but can also be eaten cold.

ONION CHEDDAR QUICHE

Steps:

• Saute onions in butter.
• Beat eggs & add milk, salt, pepper, basil and onions.
• Divide cheese in half, and spread evenly in bottom of each piecrust.
• Pour milk mixture over cheese in both pies.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
• Allow to set 5 minutes before serving.

KAREN'S CHEESE AND ONION QUICHE

Steps:

• Make the pastry (recipe from Bbcgoodfood website). Chill for 30 mins minimum. Whilst pastry chills, chop onions, and sauté with the sugar, in butter for 5-10 minutes. When cool,mix with cheese,and plenty of seasoning. Blind bake pastry case in 20 cm quiche/tart tin. Add cheese and onion filling to cooked pastry case. Mix eggs and milk,and pour into quiche tin. Bake for 50 mins on 170 fan/ 180 conventional oven. When cool enough to handle, remove quiche from tin.

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.

CHEESE AND ONION QUICHE

Steps:

• PASTRY CRUST:
• Sift the all purpose flour into a mixing bowl.
• Combine with the corn oil, butter and a dash of salt.
• Mix well until the texture resembles bread crumbs.
• Add the cold water, and mix well to form a dough.
• Knead lightly and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
• FILLING:
• Chop the onions into cubes.
• In a frying pan, saute the onions in butter.
• Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs well.
• Add the cream and grated gruyere cheese and mix well.
• QUICHE:
• Roll out the pastry dough in an 8-inch round baking dish.
• Spread the fried onions on the bottom of the pastry crust.
• Pour in the egg and cheese mixture.
• Bake in a preheated oven for approximately half an hour, until the filling has set.
• Temperature of oven should be set at 400 degrees.
• Garnish with chopped chives or parsley.