Tomato And Basil Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup flour
• 90 g butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (approx)
• 30 g butter
• 1 leek
• 3 eggs
• 300 ml whipping cream
• 3/4 cup grated cheese
• 3 small ripe tomatoes
• 3/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley
• salt
• pepper
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 --------pastry-----------.
• 2 sift flour into bowl, rub in butter, add egg yolk and enough lemon juice to mix to firm dough.
• 3 cover.
• 4 refrigerate 30 minutes.
• 5 roll out to fit 23 cm flan tin, trim edges.
• 6 line tin with greaseproof paper, fill with dry beans or rice, bake in mod hot oven for 10 minutes.
• 7 remove paper and beans, return to oven and bake a further 5 minutes.
• 8 ----------filling--------------- ¼.
• 9 melt butter in pan, add sliced leek, cook until tender.
• 10 combine eggs, cream and cheese in bowl, add leek, pour into pastry case.
• 11 peel tomatoes, cut into 1 cm slices.
• 12 roll edge of tomato slices in combined basil and parsley, place on top of leek mixture.
• 13 sprinkle with salt, pepper and grated parmesan.
• 14 bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes.