Uneggy Creamy Leek & Bacon Quiche With Blue Cheese
A community recipe by StuartNot tested or verified by Nigella.com
Introduction
This sounds like quite a heavy quiche but it actually isn't - it's a full flavoured creamy leeky cheesey pie without the eggy taste! You can uses whatever cheeses you want but stick to something with a kick!
This sounds like quite a heavy quiche but it actually isn't - it's a full flavoured creamy leeky cheesey pie without the eggy taste! You can uses whatever cheeses you want but stick to something with a kick!
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Ingredients
Serves: 4-6
For the Pastry
- 110 grams plain flour
- 25 grams lard (chilled - or just use 50g of butter, the lard just makes the pastry nice and crispy)
- 25 grams butter
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme (or more, chopped)
- 50 grams Parmesan cheese (grated, optional)
For the Filling
- 500 millilitres double cream
- 2 egg yolks
- salt
- black pepper (freshly ground)
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (optional, but recommended)
- 2 tablespoons dried breadcrumbs (optional, but recommended)
- 25 grams butter (about)
- 300 grams smokey bacon (chopped)
- 1 large leek (chopped and washed)
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (large, crushed)
- 150 grams blue cheese (a wedge, choose the strength according to taste - I use Danish Blue)
- 100 grams Parmesan cheese (grated, split into two lots of 50g)
- 50 grams mature cheddar (grated - or Gruyere or whatever cheese you want really, but one with a kick)
For the Pastry
- 4 ounces all-purpose flour
- 1 ounce lard (chilled - or just use 50g of butter, the lard just makes the pastry nice and crispy)
- 1 ounce butter
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme (or more, chopped)
- 2 ounces Parmesan cheese (grated, optional)
For the Filling
- 17½ fluid ounces heavy cream
- 2 egg yolks
- salt
- black pepper (freshly ground)
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard (optional, but recommended)
- 2 tablespoons dried breadcrumbs (optional, but recommended)
- 1 ounce butter (about)
- 11 ounces smokey bacon (chopped)
- 1 large leek (chopped and washed)
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (large, crushed)
- 5 ounces blue cheese (a wedge, choose the strength according to taste - I use Danish Blue)
- 4 ounces Parmesan cheese (grated, split into two lots of 50g)
- 2 ounces mature cheddar (grated - or Gruyere or whatever cheese you want really, but one with a kick)
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