Quiche Lorraine

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 150 g shortcrust pastry (5 oz)
• 175 g gruyere cheese, thinly sliced (6 oz)
• 175 g bacon, chopped (6 oz)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 pinch nutmeg, grated
• 150 ml single cream (or top of milk)

Recipe

• 1 line an 18-cm(7-in) flan tin or sandwich cake tin with the pastry.
• 2 place a layer of cheese on the pastry, then a layer of bacon, and repeat until both ingredients have been used up.
• 3 mix the eggs with the cayenne pepper, nutmeg, and cream or milk.
• 4 then pour over the cheese and bacon mixture in the flan case.
• 5 bake near the top of the oven at 200c(400f) gas mark 6 for about 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown and the filling set.
• 6 serve hot or cold.