Bacon, cheese and tomato quiche sw
Recipe byIngredients
For quiche base
350g of potato, peeled and cubed
56g of whole wheat flour (9 syns)
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking powder (1/2 syn)
buttery flavoured non stick spray
For quiche filling
1 x 500g tub of fat free cottage cheese
4 eggs
112g of cheddar (4xHEa’s)
4 slices of lean back bacon or Canadian bacon (any fat removed)
1 red onion sliced
1 large tomato sliced
non stick spray
salt and pepper to season
1. Method
Preheat oven to 180c of 350f
2. For the quiche base
Add potatoes to a saucepan of boiling hot water.
3. Simmer until tender.
4. Drain water, spray with buttery flavoured non stick spray, and mash till smooth.
Place in a bowl, allow to cool.
5. Once potato is cool, add it to a large mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix thoroughly.
6. Add the egg yolk, and bind it all together.
7. Get a large oven proof dish and grease with some non stick spray.
8. Add the pastry and flatten down and up the sides, until it is the same thickness all the way round.
9. Bake in the oven for approx 20-30mins until it has started to go golden and has firmed up.
10. For the quiche filling
Spray a frying pan with non stick spray, and add the bacon and onion and cook until golden.
11. Add the 84g of cheddar cheese, cottage cheese and eggs to a blender or food process and blend until smooth.
12. Add the bacon and onion to the pastry case in the dish and pour over the cheese/egg mixture.
Top with slices of tomato and season with salt and pepper.
13. Bake in the oven until the egg mixture is firm and cooked through and the pastry is golden throughout. Approx 30-40 mins.
November 18, 2011 00:43
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