Quick N Easy Quiche Crust Recipe 415 Food

QUICHE CRUST / SHORTCRUST PASTRY FOR PIES

Steps:

• Place flour, salt and butter in a food processor.
• Pulse 10 times or until it looks like breadcrumbs.
• With the motor running on low, pour 2.5 tbsp of water into the tube feeder.
• Turn up to high and blitz for 30 seconds or until it turns into a ball of dough. Initially it will look like breadcrumbs, then it will turn into a ball of soft dough - some random escaped bits is fine. If it doesn't look like its coming together at 20 seconds, add another 1/2 tbsp of water. Don't blitz longer than 30 seconds at most.
• Form a disc, wrap in cling wrap. If there are escaped crumble bits, that's fine - just press them in. Refrigerate for 1 - 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 200C/390F (standard) or 180C/350F (fan forced)
• Sprinkle work surface with flour, unwrap dough and place on the flour. Sprinkle top with flour, then roll out into a 27cm/11" round.
• Gently roll the pastry so it wraps around the rolling pin.
• Unroll it over the quiche pan or pie dish - 23cm / 9".
• Press the pastry into the edges of the quiche pan, patching up edges if required (if pastry doesn't quite reach top of rim).
• Roll the rolling pin across the top to cut off the excess pastry.
• Optional extra "safe measure" refrigeration - 15 minutes. See (Note 2).
• Place a large piece of parchment paper over the pastry, then fill with baking beads or lots of rice or dried beans to weigh it down. (Note 3)
• Bake for 20 minutes, then remove from oven.
• Turn oven DOWN to 180C/350F (or 160C/320F fan).
• Use excess paper to CAREFULLY remove hot beads, then return to oven for 10 minutes or until base is light golden.
• Remove from oven and fill with chosen Quiche Filling. Quiche Lorraine, Salmon Quiche, Italian Sausage or your other filling of choice.
• The pastry will not be 100% cooked, it finishes cooking with the filling. It's cooked enough so the crust will not go soggy.

FLAKY QUICHE CRUST FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the egg and ice water. Set the bowl aside
• In the bowl of a food processor, add the flour and salt. Pulse briefly until mixed. Add in the the cubed butter pieces and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add in the egg/ice-water mixture. Pulse again until a lovely dough forms.
• Transfer the dough onto a lightly-floured board. Roll out the quiche crust so that it fits the measurements of your quiche pan or dish. Lay the rolled out dough onto the top of the quiche pan. Using your hands, gently press the dough into place. With a paring knife, slice off any extra dough that's hanging over the rim of the pan or dish.
• Stick the quiche pan with the dough into the freezer for approximately 20-25 minutes (but if you leave it in there a bit longer, that's fine too). For a flaky quiche crust it's important that the crust is cold when it's filled and cooked.
• Your cold quiche crust is ready to be filled and baked!

EASY QUICHE - SELF MADE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 165°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3.
• Fry for 5 minutes any of the vegetables that you use if you don't want crunchy bits in your quiche. I don't bother with this as i like to have a bit of a crunch in my quiche.
• Mix the milk, flour and eggs together in a large bowl, whisk/beat until smooth.
• Add all the other ingredients into the mix.
• Grease a flan dish with oil or butter (or a spray oil if you use those) - and pour the mixture into a flan dish, or any other dish that will hold the mix (or even split it into more dishes, just use what you have).
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 165°C (325°F/Gas Mark 3/moderate oven) for 45 minutes, or until browned on top. If you're using a fan oven, then cook this at 140°C.
• Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes.

QUICHE CRUST

Steps:

• Combine the flour and salt in a medium bowl. Cut in the shortenng with a fork or pastry cutter until the dough pieces are the size of peas.
• Sprinkle half of the water over the dough and mix until the water is absorbed.
• Sprinkle on the remaining water and continue to gently stir until the dough is moistened. Form the dough into a ball, wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and refridgerate.
• When chilled, unwrap the dough and place on a lightly floured surface.
• Roll out into a 12 inch circle and getly lay in a 9 inch pie pan.
• Cut off any excess dough with kitchen scissors or a kife and crimp the edge.
• Fill with whatever filling you'd like and bake in preheated oven (425 F) for 15 minutes.

QUICK QUICHE OR PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in food processor, and pulse slowly until mixture is the size of peas.
• Slowly add in, 1 Tbls. at a time, cold water until you can form it into a ball.
• Pat evenly into a 9 inch pie or quiche pan.

QUICK QUICHE

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan.
• Line bottom of pie plate with cheese and crumbled bacon. Combine eggs, butter, onion, salt, flour and milk; whisk together until smooth; pour into pie pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, until set. Serve hot or cold.