Quiche Lorraine

Name: Quiche Lorraine
Ingredients: 150 g shortcrust pastry (5 oz); 175 g gruyere cheese, thinly sliced (6 oz); 175 g bacon, chopped (6 oz); 2 eggs, beaten; 1 pinch cayenne pepper; 1 pinch nutmeg, Grated; 150 ml single cream (or top of milk)

7 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

150 g shortcrust pastry (5 oz)
175 g gruyere cheese, thinly sliced (6 oz)
175 g bacon, chopped (6 oz)
2 eggs, beaten
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 pinch nutmeg, Grated
150 ml single cream (or top of milk)

Directions

1

Line an 18-cm(7-in) flan tin or sandwich cake tin with the pastry.
2

Place a layer of cheese on the pastry, then a layer of bacon, and repeat until both ingredients have been used up.
3

Mix the eggs with the cayenne pepper, nutmeg, and cream or milk.
4

then pour over the cheese and bacon mixture in the flan case.
5

Bake near the top of the oven at 200C(400F) Gas mark 6 for about 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown and the filling set.
6

Serve hot or cold.