Cookbook challenge 5- outdoors

For this challenge I used the 'Quiches pies and tart' cookbook.

As I was already planning an outdoor picnic with a few other mums and bubs, I thought a quiche would be a good idea especially when your trying to eat with attention seeking fidgety bubs.

Quiche Lorraine
35minutes prep time
35mins refrigeration time
serves 4-6


Pastry
185g plain flour
90g cold butter chopped
1 egg yolk

Filling
20g butter
1 onion chopped
4 rashers bacon cut into long strips
2 tablespoons of chopped chives
2 eggs
185mL cream
60mL milk
100g swiss cheese grated

Method

1. Place flour and butter in a food processor and combine for 15 seconds or until crumbly. Add the egg yolk and 4-6 tablespoons of water. Process in short burst until mixture just comes together. (You can also do this by hand which I did, rub butter into flour til crumbly and then add water and egg yolk.) Turn mixture out onto a floured surface and gather together into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 15minutes.

2. Roll pastry between 2 sheets of baking paper until it is large enough to fit and overlap baking dish. Lift pastry into the dish and press well into the sides. Trim off any excess pastry using a sharp knife. Place the pastry-lined tin in the refrigerator for 20minutes. Preheat the oven to moderately hot 190C.

3. Cover pastry shell with baking paper, fill evenly with baking beads (I use the equivalent of rice) and bake for 15 mintues. Remove the paper and beads and bake for a further 10minutes or until pastry has dried out. Reduce the over to 180C.

4. To make the filling, heat the butter in a heavy based pan. Add onion and bacon and cook for 10minutes stirring frequently until onion is soft and bacon is cooked. I also added a zuchini for flavour and a touch of colour. Stir through chives and set aside to allow to cool.

5. Beat the eggs, cream and milk together in a jug. Season with freshly ground black pepper. Spread the onion and bacon mixture evenly over the base of the pastry shell. Pour the egg misture over the onion and bacon and sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 30mins or until filling has set and top is golden.

 Finished product! Can't wait to get my teeth into it at the picnic playdate.

It helps when you have a happy baby whilst the cooking is going on. For some reason he was in a rather smiley mood, think he was happy it was time for food with all the lovely baking aroma wafting through in the room.

 Face smeared with pumpkin puree, hee looks rather pleased with himself.

All the happy bubs at the picnic, well most of them are happy.

 Not too sure what Jaeminkins is doing but he's looking quite chilled out.

Looks like kickboxing time?

Picnic in the park was great fun even with the short bursts of sunshowers and the little tree we were sitting underneath didn't offer much protection. The bubs looked like they were enjoying themselves and the mums were chilling at the park along the water's edge. Thanks Miss Z for the salad and Miss V for the yummy chocolate cookies.