This cake comes from French cuisine. Quiche Lauren is an open pie filled with cream and eggs. Try these mini pies: they are great for breakfast, as a snack, and for the holiday table. They are most delicious hot.
Cook: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Ingredients
200 g flour
100 g butter
1 tbsp sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
For the filling:
200 ml cream
100 g hard cheese
100 g ham
1 egg
4 sprigs of parsley
salt freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Combine flour, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Add room temperature butter and rub with your hands until fine crumbs are formed. Pour in 3 tbsp very cold water and gather the dough into a ball. Add 1 more tablespoon if needed. l. water. Do not knead the dough, otherwise, it will be hard! Wrap the tests in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll out the dough into a 3-4 mm thick layer and line a 24 cm baking dish or rectangular shape of similar volume. Prick the dough with a fork.
Grate the cheese on a fine grater, cut the ham into small cubes. Whisk the egg and cream, season with salt and pepper.
Place the ham on top of the dough, top with the egg-cream mixture and sprinkle with grated cheese. Place the dish in the oven at 180 180C and bake the quiche for 20 minutes, until the surface turns golden brown.
Remove the finished quiche from the oven and cool, 5 minutes. Use a cookie cutter or a knife to cut into portions. Serve the quiche warm.