Description
Classic French quiche calls for a buttery, flaky crust that melts in your mouth. Ina Garten’s signature pastry technique ensures a golden, crisp shell perfect for holding creamy egg custards and savory fillings you’ll crave.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 10 tablespoons (5 ounces) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 1 large egg
Liquid Ingredients:
- 2 ½ tablespoons (37.5 milliliters) ice water
Seasoning:
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- In a compact mixing vessel, thoroughly amalgamate the egg with glacial water using a whisk, ensuring a uniform blend. Reserve the mixture for subsequent steps.
- Within a food processor’s chamber, consolidate flour and sodium chloride. Execute a swift pulse to integrate ingredients homogeneously.
- Introduce frigid, geometrically sectioned butter into the flour substrate. Execute multiple abbreviated pulses until the texture mimics coarse granular fragments.
- Gradually incorporate the previously prepared egg-water emulsion while continuing intermittent pulsing, observing the gradual coalescence of dough particles into larger cohesive clusters.
- Transfer the nascent dough onto a lightly dusted preparation surface. Manually configure the mass into a spherical formation, subsequently compressing it into a disc-like configuration with moderate hand pressure.
- Utilizing a cylindrical rolling implement, elongate the dough across the floured workspace, targeting approximately 1/8 inch (0.32 centimeters) thickness to accommodate the quiche receptacle’s dimensions.
- Meticulously transport the delicate dough membrane into the designated baking vessel. Gently manipulate the edges, ensuring comprehensive pan coverage, and excise superfluous peripheral dough segments using a precision cutting implement.
- Position the prepared crust within a sub-zero environment for approximately 20 to 25 minutes, facilitating comprehensive thermal reduction and structural stabilization.
- Transition to the subsequent quiche preparation phase, populating the pre-chilled crust with selected ingredients and executing recommended thermal processing protocols.
Notes
- Chilling transforms your pastry’s texture, preventing shrinkage and creating a beautifully flaky foundation.
- Cold ingredients are the secret weapon for achieving that perfect, delicate crust that melts in your mouth.
- Gentle handling ensures your dough stays tender, avoiding tough and chewy pastry mishaps.
- Freezing the crust before baking locks in the shape and creates a crisp, golden exterior that resists soggy bottoms.
- Consistent rolling guarantees even baking, giving you a professional-looking quiche every single time.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Appetizer.
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 193
- Sugar: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 63 mg
- Fat: 12.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 7.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.6 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2.8 g
- Cholesterol: 31 mg