There's a book called "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche". It's nonsense of course. The great thing about quiche is you can serve it hot on cold days, and cold on hot days. Perfect for spring. You can also change the filling with whatever takes your fancy, prawns / smoked salmon etc.

Ingredients

Make 6oz of short crust pastry.

For the filling:-

4 large spring onions
2 oz field mushrooms
½ oz butter
3oz Cheddar cheese
2 eggs
¼ pt milk
¼ pt single cream
large pinch of salt
small pinch of pepper

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 325°F (gas mark 3)
  2. Roll out the pastry and line a 7" flan ring.
  3. Blind bake the pastry case.
  4. Trim the spring onions of the roots and the darker leaves.
  5. Chop the spring onions finely.
  6. Slice the mushrooms.
  7. Fry the chopped spring onions in the butter.
  8. Grate the cheese.
  9. Arrange the fried onions, mushrooms and grated cheese in the bottom of the flan case.
  10. Whisk the eggs with the milk, cream, salt and pepper.
  11. Pour the mixture into the pastry case.
  12. Bake for 20 minutes, then cover the quiche with foil and bake for 15 minutes longer.

Definitions

To bake: To cook in an oven.

To chop: To cut food into small even-sized pieces using a knife or food processor.

To fry: To cook in hot fat.

To grate: To rub food downwards on a grater to produce shreds or slices of varying thicknesses.

To line: To place a layer of pastry in a baking tin.

To pour: To transfer a liquid from one container to another.

To roll out : To reduce the thickness of pastry or dough by applying equal pressure with a rolling pin.

To slice: To cut something into even-sized thin pieces using a sharp knife or food processor.

To trim: To remove the edges from something or cut it down to a certain size.

To whisk: To beat a mixture vigorously with a whisk.