Cracker crust quiche
https://www.coop.co.uk/recipes/cracker-crust-quiche
Use up your leftover cheese biscuits to create the crust for this easy quiche – there's leftover cheese in the filling too
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Feeds
8
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Ready in
1 hour
15 minutes
Each serving contains
% of adult’s reference intake | Carbohydrates per serving : 17g
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Ingredients
- 200g mixed crackers for cheese
- 75g Co-op unsalted butter, melted
- 4 Co-op British free range eggs, plus 1 egg white
- 100g Co-op smoked streaky bacon, roughly chopped
- 175ml Co-op double cream
- 175ml Co-op semi-skimmed milk
- 75g leftover cheese, grated or crumbled (we used a mixture of Cheddar, Brie and Parmesan)
- Mixed salad leaves, to serve
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/Gas 6
- Put the crackers in a food processor and whizz into fine crumbs
- Add the butter and 1 egg, then whizz to combine
- Tip into a 23cm-diameter tart tin and press into the base and sides of the tin with the back of a spoon
- Line with greaseproof paper, fill with baking beans and bake for 15 mins
- Take out of the oven and carefully remove the greaseproof paper and baking beans
- Brush all over with the egg white, bake for another 5 mins, then set aside
- Reduce the oven to 170°C/fan 150°C/Gas 3
- Fry the bacon in a nonstick pan for 5-7 mins, until crisp. Remove and set aside on kitchen paper. Whisk the remaining eggs, cream and milk together
- Add the cheese, season, then pour into the tin and sprinkle over the bacon Bake for 40 mins, until just set
- Leave to cool for 30 mins, then serve with the salad on the side
