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Quiche Lorraine

Here's how you make Quiche Lorraine
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 1h
  • Cook: 45m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 6 pieces (1/2 pound) bacon (thick-sliced bacon)
  • Cooked pastry shell (1 shell, 8")
  • 3 large eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced (or less)
  • 3 chopped green onions (about 2 ounces)
  • 1 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Black pepper, pinch of
  • Nutmeg, pinch of
  • 1 tablespoon butter
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 375'.

  • Step 2: Prick piecrust well with a fork.

  • Step 3: Slice bacon into strips ¼" to 1" long and brown lightly in heavy skillet, stirring constantly, until fat is almost rendered out but bacon isn't yet crisp. Drain.

  • Step 4: Scald the cream.

  • Step 5: Cool slightly, then beat together with the eggs and seasonings in a bowl to blend.

  • Step 6: Sauté mushrooms and green onions in small amount of butter till just tender.

  • Step 7: Put bacon, mushrooms, and green onions in pieshell and pour in the cream mixture, filling to within 1/8" of the top.

  • Step 8: Cut the butter into bits and distribute them over the top.

  • Step 9: Bake in the UPPER THIRD of the oven 25-40 minutes--until the quiche has puffed and browned and a small knife plunged in AT THE EDGE comes out clean.

  • Step 10: Cool 10 minutes before cutting.

  • Step 11: Serve hot, warm, or cold. The quiche will sink slightly as it cools.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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