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Carmelized Pear & Gorgonzola Quiche

Enjoy for brunch, lunch or dinner!
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Equipment

  • 1 Pie Plate
  • Tin Foil
  • Baking Beans
  • 1 Rolling Pin
  • 1 Food Processor

Ingredients
  

Pie Pastry

  • 3/4 Cup White flour
  • 1/2 Cup Unsalted butter
  • 1 fresh, free-run, soya-free, Omega-3 egg yolk
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Water

Quiche Filling

  • 2 Pears cut into small cubes
  • 1/2 tbsp Butter
  • 1/2 tbsp Sugar or equivalent
  • 1 medium Onion
  • 1 tsp Thyme dried
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup Gorgonzola cheese (crumbled)
  • 1 1/3 cup Heavy cream
  • 2 Fresh, free-run,soya-free, Omega-3 eggs
  • 1 Fresh, free-run,soya-free, Omega-3 egg yolk
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Pastry

  • For pastry, blend together the flour, butter, egg yolk and water using a food processor until it forms a softball. 
  • Place dough onto lightly floured surface and roll out pastry.
  • Carefully lay pastry in pie plate. Trim edges so just above level of the top of the plate.
  • Gently flute the edges and prick base all over with a fork. Chill pastry for 15 mins.
  • Line pastry with tin foil and fill with baking beans, bake for 20 mins. Remove baking beans and bake for another 5mins.
  • Lower oven temperature to 300 degree Fahrenheit.

Quiche Filling

  • For quiche filling, fry onions over medium heat with olive oil - 2-3 mins.
  • Add butter & sugar to pan and allow to melt, then sauté the small cubes of pear for 3-4 mins until tender.
  • Arrange onion and pear mixture onto pastry base and crumble 1/4 cup (half the cheese) over top.
  • In a separate bowl whisk together eggs, egg yolk, cream, thyme, nutmeg and seasoning - pour onto pastry base.
  • Sprinkle with chopped walnuts and remaining 1/4 cup cheese evenly on top. 
    Cook quiche for 40 mins until filling is set. 
  • Enjoy this delicious quiche!