Name: Bacon and mushroom quiche
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: olive oil to drizzle; 1/2 tsp fresh garlic crushed; 1 leek, sliced; 100 g button mushrooms sliced; 4 back bacon rashers, chopped; 1 round feta cheese; 2 eggs; 250 ml milk; freshly ground black pepper; dried mixed herbs; 100 g butter; 125 g flour; 100 g cheddar cheese grated

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Ingredients (13)

For the filling:

	olive oil — to drizzle
1/2 tsp	fresh garlic — crushed
1	leek, sliced
100 g	button mushrooms — sliced
4	back bacon — rashers, chopped
1 round	feta cheese
2	eggs
250 ml	milk
	freshly ground black pepper
	dried mixed herbs

For the crust:

100 g	butter
125 g	flour
100 g	cheddar cheese — grated

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Method:

Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan. Add the garlic, leek and mushrooms. Stir over a medium heat for 5 minutes to soften the leeks and mushrooms.

Add the bacon to the pan. Cook for a further 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside to cool.

Preheat your oven to 190°C and grease a 20cm pie dish.

Prepare the crust: place the butter and flour in a mixing bowl. Use your fingertips to rub the butter and flour together until the mixture resembles large breadcrumbs. Add the cheddar cheese and continue to rub together until the mixture comes together into a ball of dough. (Note: this can also be prepared by putting the ingredients into a food processor and blitzing until combined.)

Place the dough in the greased pie dish. Gently press the dough out evenly over the base and up the sides of the dish.

Tip the mushroom mixture into the crust and spread out evenly. Crumble feta over the top. Whisk the eggs, milk and a grinding of black pepper in a small bowl and pour over the filling. Sprinkle mixed herbs over the top.

Bake the quiche for 40 minutes or until cooked through. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

Recipe reprinted with permission of Cupcakes and Couscous. To see more click HERE.

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