Tasty Tuesday - Biltong and cheese quiche

Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Tasty Tuesday - Biltong and cheese quiche
These week we tell you how to create a tasty quiche using a staple South African fav food - biltong!

Biltong & Cheese Quiche Recipe

To buy

Pastry Ingredients

    150 g cake flour (300 ml) 
    2 ml salt
    5 ml mustard powder
    120 g butter
    50 ml ice water

Filling Ingredients

2 leeks sliced
15 ml butter
15 ml cooking oil
30 ml chopped fennel leaves or parsley
120 g grated biltong
4 eggs, beaten
250 ml cream
125 ml sour cream
100 g grated Cheddar cheese (250 ml)
5 mustard powder
15 ml lemon juice
5 ml grated lemon rind
freshly ground black pepper to taste

To make

The pastry

Sift together the flour, salt and mustard. Slice butter into small cubes, add to flour and rub in lightly with fingertips. Gradually add water, mixing to a soft dough, turn out onto a pastry board and shape into a smooth ball. Place the dough in a plastic bag or cling wrap and refrigeate for at least 30 minutes. Roll out on a floured pastry board and line a 230-mm diameter quiche dish. Refrigerate for a further 30 minutes, then bake blind in an oven at 200ºC for 10 - 15 minutes and leave to cool before adding the filling.

The filling

Sauté the leeks in heated butter and cooking oil until transparent. Scatter leeks on the base of the pastry case. Mix remaining ingredients and pour into pastry case. Bake at 160ºC for 35-45 minutes until set.

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