Prepare your own Quiche Lorraine

JAKARTA (JP): This week, Le Meridien Jakarta shares its recipe for this deliciously smooth Quiche Lorraine. You may already be familiar with its crispy crust pastry and mildly spiced creamy filling but now you can prepare this tasty French delicacy in your own kitchen.

Quiche Lorraine

Dough: * 250 g flour * 125 g butter * 1 egg * 1/4 cup cold water * Salt

For the filling: * 250 g salted pork belly or bacon or beef ham * 4 eggs * 300 ml cream * Salt, pepper, nutmeg

1. To prepare the dough: mix all ingredients together and roll into a ball and chill in refrigerator for a few hours. Roll out to a thickness of 4 millimeters. 2. Meanwhile, butter and flour a 22-centimeter in diameter tart tin. Bring the edges of the pastry up to cover the tin edge. 3. Prick the dough with a fork, fill with rice or beans and cook in the oven at 200 degree Celsius for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. 4. Meanwhile prepare the filling: Sliced the bacon to fine strips and blanched in water for 5 minutes. Pat dry and stir fry lightly in water. 5. Spread the bacon on top of the pastry case. 6. Beat egg and mix with the cream. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Pour the mixture into the pastry case and cook for about 30 minutes in the oven at 200 Celsius. Serve warm.

Note: stir fried onion and cheese can be added.

Recipe courtesy of Le Meridien Jakarta by Executive Chef Food and Beverage Brice Borin.