Quiche (bacon, onion, leek and cheese)

 

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 9-inch frozen pie pastry
  • 1 sweet onion, diced
  • 6 tomato slices (optional)
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 Tbsp Spice Horizon Olive Oil
  • Drizzle Spice Horizon Olio d'Oliva (infused with garlic, rosemary, parmesan cheese and pepper)
  • 1 pinch grated or ground Spice Horizon nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp fine grain Spice Horizon Himalayan sea salt
  • ¼ tsp freshly ground Spice Horizon black peppercorns
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • ½ cup half and half
  • 6 slices thick cut bacon
  • ½ leek, thinly sliced
  • 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup shredded swiss cheese
  • ¾ cup shredded gruyere chees

DIRECTIONS: 

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. 
  2. Place thawed pastry in pie dish, crimping the edges and use a fork to prick the bottomof the pastry (every few inches) to avoid trapped air to create a bubble.
  3. Line pastry shell with aluminum foil and bake for about 8 minutes.
  4. After 8 minutes, remove the pastry shell from the oven and remove the aluminum foil. Brush the pastry with a very small amount of olive oil.  Return to the oven for an additional 5 minutes, until the crust is dry.
  5. Remove from oven and reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
  6. In a heavy skillet, cook bacon until crisp.  Drain the bacon and reserve about 2 Tbsp of drippings. When the bacon has cooled, roughly chop the bacon and set aside.
  7. Place the reserved drippings in the skillet and sauté the onions until translucent, then drain. 
  8. In a large bowl, mix the milk, half and half, salt and eggs together. Stirring in bacon, leek and onion.
  9. In a separate bowl toss the shredded cheese and flour together. Then add the egg mixture ensuring that it is mixed well.
  10. Pour the egg mixture into the pie crust
  11. Place sliced tomatoes on the top of the pie (optional)
  12. Cover the edges of the pie crust with aluminum foil to prevent burning. The foil can be removed the last 10 minutes of baking.
  13. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 35–40 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the quiche comes out clean.
  14. Let quiche stand for about 10 minutes before slicing and serving.  Before serving, drizzle with Spice Horizon infused garlic, parmesan cheese, rosemary and pepper olive oil.

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