CHEESE AND ONION QUICHE

What is a Quiche??...an open pastry case, filled with a mixture of eggs, cream and other savoury (= not sweet) foods, which is baked and eaten hot or cold

pronounced as -/kēSH/

This delicious flaky pastry shell filled creamy savoury treat is a perfect accompaniment to your evening Tea or Coffee.

Ingredients-

for the pastry  shell-

•  Plain flour-175 gms
• Salted butter-80 g
• Chilled water- a couple of tbsp.

For the filling-

• Milk-200 ml
• Butter-1 tbsp
• Onion-1 medium chopped
• Heavy Cream-2 tbsp
• Eggs-2
• Cheese-1/2 cup grated
• English mustard-1/2 tsp
• Salt and black pepper to taste

For the pastry shell-

• Sieve flour in a large bowl.
• Rub in the butter till the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Add chilled water, a tbsp at a time till the whole thing comes together as a stiff dough.

• Wrap in cling film and chill for 15 minutes.

• Gently unwrap and roll out pastry, grease and flour one large tart pan or 4 individual pans.

• Fit out the pastry and trim edges, return to chill for another 15 minutes.
• In the meantime preheat oven at 200 C, bake  the cases for 15 minutes and take out.

For the filling-

• 
  Heat butter gently, and  add onions, let sweat.Turn off heat when pink.
• Add the rest of the ingredients to the cooled onions, reserving only a little egg white.
• Brush pastry cases with the reserved egg white to seal in and prevent pastry from turning soggy.

• Gently spoon in the filling in to the shells and bake for 20-30 minutes till filling is set.
• Serve warm.