Quiche lorraine (savory bacon pie)

Name: quiche lorraine (savory bacon pie)
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 195 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g wheat flour; 140 g cold butter; 2 el tap water; 200 g thin bacon strips; 6 medium sized egg; 400 ml creme fraiche

Quiche lorraine with bacon and crème fraîche.

Ingredients

Kitchen Stuff

1 quiche mold (Ø 24 cm)

Directions

Sift the flour and salt over a bowl. Cut the butter into cubes and knead with cold fingers through the flour.
Carefully add the water. Form the dough into a ball and leave to rest for at least 2 hours.
Bring water to the boil in a saucepan and blanch the bacon for 2 minutes in the water.
Preheat the oven to 225 ºC.
Roll out the dough into a piece of about 26 cm. Grease the shape in a coated with the dough.
Divide the bacon strips over the bottom. Beat the egg and crème fraiche together. Season with salt and pepper and pour into the mold.
Bake the quiche in the middle of the oven for about 25 minutes. Turn the temperature back to 180 ºC. Fry the quiche for another 25 minutes.