Puff pastry cheese quiche (Swiss cheese cows)

AUTHOR
Louis Ramirez
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 8
  • 1 Leek (leek; approx. 325 g)
  • 150 g (5 g each) + 8 slices Merano bacon
  • 150 g Gruyère cheese
  • 100 g Emmental cheese
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 200 ml Milk
  • 15 g Flour
  • 3 Eggs (size M)
  • 125 g clotted cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 1 package (230 g, 32 cm Ø) fresh puff pastry rolled out round on baking paper (cooling shelf)
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Breadcrumbs
  • 1 collar Parsley
  • 50 g Walnut kernels
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1 untreated lemon

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean, wash and cut the leek into rings. Dice 150 g bacon. Grate cheese. Heat oil in a frying pan, leave bacon cubes out while turning, remove. Sauté leek in frying fat, add diced bacon and season with salt and pepper.

  2. 2

    Mix milk and flour, bring to the boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes while stirring. Remove from the heat and stir in the cheese. Mix eggs and sour cream. Stir into the milk and cheese mixture. Stir in leek and ham mixture.

  3. 3

    Season vigorously with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Roll out the dough, place it in a tart tin with the baking paper and press it lightly against the base and sides. Prick the base several times with a fork, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and add cheese

  4. 4

    Bake in the preheated oven (electric range: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 45-50 minutes on the bottom rack. Cover if necessary approx. 15 minutes before the end of the baking time. In the meantime, wash parsley, shake dry and chop finely.

  5. 5

    Finely chop the nuts. Mix parsley, lemon peel and nuts. Take the tart out of the oven, cut it into 8 pieces and arrange with parsley mixture and a slice of bacon each.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
470 kcal
CARBS
18 g
FATS
33 g
PROTEINS
24 g

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