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Good morning! How was your weekend? Feeling all energised and ready to take on the week? I wish I was! I began telling you guys last weekabout how I have an ever-growing to-do list which needs to be completed in time for My Official Treat Taster's family coming over to visit and we made a huge dent in that list over the weekend.
We quickly popped out to the shops to buy paint on Saturday morning. (Have you ever tried to lift a tub of 15 litre paint? Paint is heavy!) Then spent the rest of Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening re-painting the office, living room and hallway. I need another weekend to get over this one.
I foresaw last weekend being a super-busy one and I knew I'd need an easy ready-to-go meal on hand, so I made this quiche on Friday evening. I was inspired by this amazing Bacon, Apple & Cheddar Soupwhich, coincidentally, is what we're having for dinner tonight.
I don't know why, but the tartness of the green apples, the smokiness of the bacon and the sharpness of the cheddar just work amazingly well together. If the idea of throwing together meat, fruit and cheese sounds too out there for you, I beg you to give this quiche a try. One bite and you'll be hooked on the meat, fruit, cheese combo forever!
I made my own pastry for this quiche, but feel free to use shop-bought pastry or even a pie crust if you're not keen on pastry. This short crust pastry is always my go-to pastry recipe because it turns out perfect every single time and it's always been a hit with everyone I've ever served it to. Plus, you can make it sweet or savoury to adapt it to the type of dish you're making.
With the warmer weather and longer daylight hours, I think this quiche would work perfectly paired with a light and crisp salad of lettuce, tomato and onion. Sometimes the simplest dishes are the best, right? (And the best ones to prepare because they require so little work!)
So even though I spent my whole weekend painting, it wasn't really that bad because I knew I didn't have to make dinner - I just had to heat it up and prep a side dish. Okay, so I had a million other things written down on a to-do list, but at least dinner didn't need much thought.
One more mini decorating rant before I give you the recipe? On the Saturday evening, I couldn't even sit back, relax and admire our painting work because we'd just been painting white on white to tidy it up. Thankfully, on Sunday we were painting white over a horrible burgundy red that I've hated forever so we could at least see the difference when we were done. Except 'done' is the wrong word, because we've got a lot more painting still to do - three weekends' worth to be exact. Eugh.
That piece is mine. Eyes off. I deserve it.
📖 Recipe
Bacon, Apple & Cheddar Quiche
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Servings: 6 slices
Ingredients
for the pastry
- 1 cup all-purpose white flour
- pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons cold butter
- 2 tablespoons cold lard
- cold water
for the filling
- ½ onion
- 2 green apples peeled and cored
- 4 slices bacon
- 4 medium-sized eggs
- pinch pepper
- 1 cup cheddar cheese grated
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F/180C and start by prepping the pastry. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the white flour and salt.
Add in the butter and lard and rub them in with your fingertips until you have a breadcrumb-like consistency.
Pour in cold water 1 teaspoon at a time, stirring in between. Add water until the mixture comes together into a dough.
Roll the dough out onto a lightly floured surface until it's large enough to cover an 8 inch/20cm cake tin. (Or special quiche tin, if they exist.)
Line the cake/quiche/pie tin with the pastry and stab the bottom section all over with a fork to ensure even baking.
Pop the pastry case into the oven and bake for around 10 minutes, until it just starts to turn golden.
Whilst the pastry is baking, prep the filling. Dice the onion, apples and bacon and cook them all together in a saucepan over a medium heat until everything is soft. Stir regularly to ensure nothing burns or sticks to the bottom of the pan.
In a medium-sized bowl, beat the eggs together with a pinch of pepper.
Remove the pastry case from the oven and layer the onion, apple and bacon mixture into the bottom.
Pour the egg mixture on top and sprinkle over the cheese.
Pop the quiche back into the oven and bake for around 30-35 minutes until the top is golden and the filling has set.
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Blair @ The Seasoned Mom
Hi, Nicky! I love a quiche in the spring -- especially as a light dinner. This combination of ingredients looks delicious, and your photos are great too. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Marissa @ Life is Fantasmic
YUM!!! I love quiche, & this sounds like a wonderful combination of flavors! I can't wait to try it!
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Amy | Club Narwhal
Nicky, quiche is one of my favorite dishes and I love your bacon/apple/cheddar creation. Nothing like sweet and savory 🙂
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Angela @ Shake Bake and Party
This sounds delicious! I love the apple and cheddar combination! Pinned to my brunch board! Stopping by from Tasty Tuesdays. : )
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Beth
This sounds delish! I tried making a quiche once and completely destroyed it. I will have to try again! Visiting from the Winthrop Chronicles link party.
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Chris at Hye Thyme Cafe
Love the idea of the apple in this! I haven't made a quite in just about forever. Think it's time to do something about that. #TastyTuesdays
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Michelle @ Elegance & Enchantment
Quiche is one of my favorite dishes to make, because it's so easy! I never ever thought to add apples to it, but it sounds like perfection. I can't wait to try it out. Thanks for the great idea!
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Mary Frances
I've always wanted to try the smoky bacon and sweet apple combo! When you throw in the cheese, how could I say no?!
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Vicky
Sounds delicious! YUm!
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Joy @ Yesterfood
Nicky, I LOVE quiche, and this one sounds fantastic! Your photos are lovely- I love the yellow dish with your signature pink- really pops! Thank you for bringing this to Treasure Box Tuesday- Pinning and sharing on Google+!!
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Foodista
Saw this recipe on the Tuesday link party and had to check it out!!! Love how easy and yummy this sounds! Will definitely be trying out this recipe soon! Thanks for sharing!
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Emily @ Love, Pasta and a Tool Belt
This sounds so delicious! You have the best sounding recipes. Thank you for linking up at The Wednesday Round Up and I look forward to seeing what you share next week!
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Katie
Hi - I saw this over on Katherines Corner. Your pictures are beautiful! I am LOVING the pink and yellow combo right now 🙂
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Laura@Baking in Pyjamas
I love quiche, I could easily polish of slice after slice of this one. Thanks for linking to Sweet and Savoury Sunday! Stop by and link up again this weekend!
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April
Thank you for sharing your recipe at Meal Planning Monday Recipe Link-Up. 🙂 Your quiche looks delicious! I hope you stop by and join us again this week. http://www.aprilshomemaking.com/2014/03/meal-planning-monday-recipe-link-up-4.html
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Chrissa - Physical Kitchness
OMG I am so pinning. This looks amazing!!!
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Nicola Quinn
Thank you so much, Chrissa! 🙂
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