Not too long ago, during a period of "uninspiredness", I asked my muse, big pig, to give me something, anything.. off his mind. He said, "bacon and brie".
Bacon and brie (and spinach) quiche
Pastry (recipe from Dean Brettschneider's Sausage, Sun-dried Tomato & Potato Tart)
160g flour
120g butter, diced
a pinch of salt
2-3 tbsp fresh milk
Filling
150-180g bacon, sliced thinly
1 medium onion, sliced thinly
a handful of spinach (fresh or frozen)
125-200g brie, chopped roughly (use more! ^^)
5 eggs
1 1/2 cup fresh milk (or heavy cream, if not on diet ^^)
salt and pepper, to season
1. Prepare pastry. Blitz flour, butter and salt together with an electric mixer or processor, till they resemble breadcrumbs. Add fresh milk and mix till a dough is formed. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins or overnight. Or shortcut by rolling out pastry immediately and place on greased 22-cm round or rectangular tart tin, prick the base and then cover and refrigerate ^^.
2. Bake-blind pastry shell at 200C for 15-20 minutes. Remove foil and weights and bake for another 5 mins. Or just use as it is, straight from the refrigerator, no baking required.. it works too! ^^
3. In a non-stick pan, cook sliced bacon till brown and fragrant. Remove and leave to cool.
4. In the same pan, saute onions for at least 40 minutes on medium heat for caramelized onions. Add a bit of water to soften onions if you wish. When it's nicely softened, remove and set aside to cool.
5. Wilt spinach quickly in a pot of boiling water. Drain and squeeze out the water from the spinach. Leave to cool.
6. In a bowl, mix eggs, fresh milk, salt and pepper till well blended.
7. To assemble, place spinach evenly on the pastry shell, followed by caramelized onions. Then add cooked bacon. Dot chopped brie all over. Gently pour the egg mixture over.
8. Bake in a preheated oven of 200C for 40 minutes, or 220C for 30 minutes, till golden.
This is another fabulous quiche that had big pig "wincing" deliriously ~ yes, it's that good! ^^ You'll just have to believe it as I didn't have any.. I didn't want to take any "joy" off big and baby who really dig this!
Of course, I had another quiche made just for me ^^!
Some tomatoes, some leftover bacon and minced chicken meat.. a big sprinkling of grated cheddar cheese ^^ ~ and voila! a baby quiche just for me.. and fatty. ^^
It feels really good to be baking like this ^^. Now, what should I do next? ^^
6 comments:
The quiche looks amazing! Bacon and brie (and spinach) sounds like a wonderful flavour combination!
Hi Hui
Oh my, I wish Im being invited when you intend to bake this quiche. I really really love quiches. I know your quiche must taste really good as Dean's recipe never fails to impress and he is good in pies n tarts recipes.
Hope to bake this at my soonest.
hi jasline ^^ the combi of bacon and brie and wee bit of fibre, just can't go wrong! my food critics/piggies gave two thumbs up for this ^^
mel, i've said.. ok, i've thought about it, a million times.. "i wished you lived next door/nearby"! i'd really love to share my bakes with you. and you can share your ayam masak merah with me, haha! i must warn you though, what looks good may not taste so great when it's baked/cooked by amateurs like me :p especially when the filling like the bacon and brie, as well as some other stuff are all made up as i bake/cook, haha!
i love dean's pastry recipes ~ in fact, i'm thinking of getting "global baker" from kinokuniya soon ^^
Hi Hui! I notice you are really into tarts and quiches?!
Beautifully baked! Can you bake one for me? :D
thanks, chef ^^ for you, anytime! but we don't even live in the same country, how???
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