Practical Cookery. Basic Bechamel Sauce
Basic Sauce for one quart
Author: Chef Francis Xavier
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Coronation Quiche
A deep quiche with a crisp, light pastry case and delicate flavours of Spinach, Broad Beans and fresh Tarragon. Eat hot or cold with a green salad and boiled new potatoes – perfect for a Coronation Big Lunch!
Equipment
- One 20cm Flan Tin
Ingredients
- 125 g flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 25 g cold butter diced
- 25 g lard
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 250 g ready made short crust pastry
filling
- 125 ml milk
- 175 ml double cream
- 2 med eggs
- 1 t chopped fresh tarragon
- salt and pepper
- 100 g cheddar cheese grated
- 180 g spinach cooked, lightly chopped
- 60 g broad beans or soya beans (Cooked)
Instructions
- Method
- To make the pastry
- Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl; add the fats and rub the mixture together using your finger tips
- Add the milk a little at a time.
- bring the ingredients together
- cover and rest the dough in the fridge for an hour.
roll out the dough
- Lightly flour the work surface and roll out the pastry to a circle
- Line the tin with the pastry, taking care not to have any holes or the mixture could leak. Cover and rest for a further 30 minutes in the fridge
- Preheat the oven to 190°C.
- Line the pastry case with greaseproof paper, add baking beans and bake blind for 15 minutes, before removing the greaseproof paper and baking beans
- Reduce the oven temperature to 160°C.
- Beat together the milk, cream, eggs, herbs and seasoning.
- Scatter 1/2 of the grated cheese in the blind-baked base, top with the chopped spinach and beans and herbs, then pour over the liquid mixture
- Sprinkle over the remaining cheese. Place into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until set and lightly golden
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