Chicory Quiche With Bacon Cubes
By: Jessika (Chefs ...
Published: Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 10:06am

Ingredients




store bought shortcrust pastry
750 grams Brussels chicory chopped (make sure you take out the hard part at the end)
250 grams bacon cubes
1 tablespoon olive oil
butter
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 deciliters cream
nutmeg- pepper- salt

Preparation

1 Heat your oven at 200°C 2 Melt butter in your baking pot 3 Add the chopped chicory and a tablespoon of olive oil 4 Season with pepper and salt and leave to simmer for about 25 minutes 5 Bake your bacon cubes and keep separately 6 Whisk up the egg yolks, the cream and season with nutmeg, pepper and salt 7 Place your shortcrust pastry in a baking tin 8 Prick randomly the pastry buttom with a fork 9 After 25 minutes pour the chicory in a colander and add the bacon cubes so that all the excessive fluids and oil can drain off 10 Arrange the chicory and bacon cubes on the pastry 11 Pour the creamy egg mixture on it and make sure it is evenly distributed on your pastry 12 Fold the pastry dough a bit so that it doesn't stick out and back for about 25 minutes until you have a nice gold brown crust