Ingredients
- 1 package of store bought puff pastry sufficient to line a 9-inch pie tart shell
- 12 slices double smoked bacon
- 275 grams shredded Swiss cheese or Gruyere
- 50 grams minced onions
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 500 ml 35% cream
- 3 grams sugar
- 3 grams kosher salt
- 2 grams cayenne pepper
- 1 bunch of blonde frisee (salad)
- 200 grams baby, spinach stemmed removed
- 275 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 100 ml champagne vinegar
- 3 grams dijon mustard
- 1 sprig of fresh tarragon broken with your hands
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F/225C
- Cook bacon in a large skillet and fry until crisp. Drain on paper towels, then chopped in medium diced
- In the same skillet cook the onions until translucent (no color), drain the onions and add them in a bowl with the diced bacon and shredded cheese.
- Line the 9-inch pie shell with the puff pastry, make some fork incision marks (so doesn’t rise) to the bottom of the tart shell.
- Sprinkle the cheese; bacon and onion mix to the bottom of the pie shell.
- In a medium bowl, Wisk eggs, cream, salt, sugar and cayenne pepper. Pour mixture into the pastry shell.
- Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, reduce the heat to 300 degrees F/150C and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Allow the quiche to sit for 10 minutes before cutting into wedges.
- Combine mustard, champagne vinegar and olive oil in a glass bowl. Whisk in order to obtain a loose vinaigrette, add the tarragon leaves.
- Dress the baby spinach and frisee in a bowl, season with the vinaigrette and serve on a plate beside a wedge of your quiche.
Notes
Traditionally is made with a pie dough but for this recipe we will use a good store bought puff pastry. Wine Pairing: Alsatian Riesling
Juice Pairing: Ginger Spice