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Meatless: Elegant Quiche




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




2 c Flour
1 ds Salt
1 c Butter or margarine
1 tb Oil
2 tb cold water, or more
1 Onion; chopped
1 tb Butter or margarine
1 ds Dried thyme; crushed
1 Bay leaf
5 oz Bacon; chopped
5 Eggs
2 Egg yolks
1 c Half and half
1 ds Ground nutmeg
1/3 lb Swiss cheese, shredded


Recipe



Mix flour and salt in bowl. Cut in 1 cup butter and oil until mixture
resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle with water, tossing with fork until dough
holds together. Gather into ball and chill a few minutes if dough is too
soft to handle. Roll out pastry on floured board and fit into 10-inch quiche
pan or pie plate.
To make filling, saute onion in 1 tablespoon butter. Add thyme and bay leaf.
Remove bay leaf. Cook bacon until crisp, then drain. Blend eggs, yolks, half
and half and nutmeg. Place bacon, onion and cheese in pastry shell. Cover
with egg mixture. Bake at 350F 35 to 40 minutes, or until knife inserted
near center comes out clean.