Quiche lorraine

Quiche lorraine

bottom :

- 175g plain flour

- 100 g butter, cut into pieces

- 1 egg yolk

stuffing :

- 200g smoked bacon

- 50g Gruyere or other  cheese

- 200ml creme fraiche

- 3 eggs, well beaten

- pinch of ground nutmeg

- pepper

Preheat the oven to 190 degrees.

Prepare dough - knead with listed ingredients.

Care must be taken that the pastry has for about 30 minutes to be in the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking should be removed from the refrigerator.

While cakes are cooling prepare the stuffing.

Cut bacon and fry.

To the bowl add eggs, whisk to break down and add the creme fraiche .

Add pre- fried bacon, stir and season to taste - usually bacon is quite salty, so it's good to add pepper and nutmeg.

after 30 minutes, remove the dough and placed between the two pieces of baking paper.

Roll out the dough into a thin, round piece and place it in a baking tray.

Bake the base for 1 - minutes in an oven.

Pour the liquid filling on top and bake for about 30 minutes in 190 degrees.

Grilled asparagus salad

Grilled asparagus salad

ingredients: 

- 500 g asparagus 
- chili peppers
- olive oil 
- salt, pepper 
- juice of lemon or lime 
- soy sauce (optional instead of salt) 
- spring onions 

Peel the asparagus. 
During this time, heat a frying pan and a little olive oil. 
Grill asparagus until tender. 
You can, in the meantime, add water or broth. 

Prepare the sauce: cut chili and spring onions  into small pieces. 
Mix the olive oil, soy sauce and season to taste.

Orange cheesecake

Orange cheescake

Ingredients:


bottom

- 100g butter
- 1 whole egg
- 1 egg yolk (egg white will be added to cheese)
- 1/4 glass sugar
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- Up to 1.5 glass flour

With ingredients knead dough, roll out and paste plate.

curd

- 1kg cheese (I have used mascarpone)
- 250g of butter (previously removed from the refrigerator, so it is really soft)
- 1.5 glass of sugar
- 1 vanilla sugar
- 1 pudding (vanilla/cream)
- 8 eggs (yolks alone)
- 0.5 teaspoons baking powder
- candied orange peel


Blend soft fat, adding 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla sugar until a " something" creamy.
All the time mixing, slowly add pudding, cheese and egg yolks.

Beat the egg whites to stiff along with the rest of the sugar (3/4 cup). 

Slowly add to the cheese, stirring gently.
Finally add the baking powder and raisins (if desirable).


Put the cheese on a baking sheet. 

Bake at 160 degrees for about 60-70 minutes.

Bon apetit!