Coronation Quiche
Irrespective of whether you’re a monarchist or a republican, any excuse to eat a tasty quiche is warmly welcomed. This quiche is the coronation dish for King Charles and was personally chosen by the King and Queen Consort. The quiche has a crisp, light pastry case and delicate flavours of spinach, broad beans, and fresh tarragon. If you’re time poor, you can buy a ready-made shortcrust pastry rather than making the pastry from scratch. You will need a 20-centimetre quiche tin for this recipe.
How long will it take?
2 hours
What’s the serving size?
Serves 6
What do I need?
For the Pastry
- 125 g plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 25 g cold butter, diced
- 25 g lard
- 2 tbsp milk
For the Filling
- 125 mL milk
- 175 mL cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp chopped tarragon
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 100 g cheddar cheese, grated
- 180 g cooked spinach, lightly chopped
- 60 g cooked broad beans
How do I make it?
For the Pastry
- Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl; add the fats and rub the mixture together using your fingertips until you get a sandy, breadcrumb like texture.
- Add the milk a little at a time and bring the ingredients together into a dough.
- Cover and allow to rest in the fridge for 30-45 minutes.
- Lightly flour the work surface and roll out the pastry to a circle a little larger than the top of the tin and approximately 5mm thick.
- Line the tin with the pastry, taking care not to have any holes or the mixture could leak. Cover and rest for a further 30 minutes in the fridge.
For the Filling
- Preheat the oven to 190C.
- Line the pastry case with greaseproof paper, add baking beans and bake blind for 15 minutes, before removing the greaseproof paper and baking beans.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 160C.
- Beat together the milk, cream, eggs, herbs, and seasoning.
- Scatter half of the grated cheese in the blind-baked base, top with the chopped spinach and beans and herbs, then pour over the liquid mixture.
- If required gently give the mixture a delicate stir to ensure the filling is evenly dispersed but be careful not to damage the pastry case.
- Sprinkle over the remaining cheese. Place into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until set and lightly golden.
