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Elegant Quiche
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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main Dish Egg
Pie
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 c Flour
1 d Salt
1 c Butter or margarine
1 tb Oil
2 tb -Cold water, or more
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1 Onion -- chopped
1 tb Butter or margarine
1 d Dried thyme -- crushed
1 Bay leaf
5 oz Bacon -- chopped
5 Eggs
2 Egg yolks
1 c Half and half
1 d Ground nutmeg
1/3 lb Swiss cheese, shredded
Mix flour and salt in bowl. Cut in 1 cup butter and oil until mixture
resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle with water, tossing with fork until
dough holds together. Gather into ball and chill a few minutes if dough
is too soft to handle. Roll out pastry on floured board and fit into
10-inch quiche pan or pie plate.
To make filling, saute onion in 1 tablespoon butter. Add thyme and bay
leaf. Remove bay leaf. Cook bacon until crisp, then drain. Blend eggs,
yolks, half and half and nutmeg. Place bacon, onion and cheese in pastry
shell. Cover with egg mixture. Bake at 350F 35 to 40 minutes, or until
knife inserted near center comes out clean.
(C) 1992 The Los Angeles Times
By AWXP96A@prodigy.com ( MICKEY L FORSTER) on Apr 10, 1997
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