A quiche is always a winning dish for an informal dinner party. This one comes with an exotic vegetarian filling that will surprise your guests’ tastebuds.
You can also make your own shortcrust pastry – you can find my go-to recipe here (you can swap the spelt flour for normal T55 flour).
You can watch me make this recipe here.
If you want the recipe in Luxembourgish you can find it here.
1 onion
1 tbsp sunflower oil
2 carrots
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp turmeric
50ml white wine
265g tinned lentils (drained weight)
1 bunch coriander
For the custard:
150ml cream
2 eggs
¼ tsp salt
1 shortcrust pastry base
2 tbsp mango chutney (optional)
100g Emmenthaler, grated
pepper
Hands on: 20 min – Oven: 35 min – Makes 1 30cm quiche for 4 people
Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.
Peel and chop the onion.
Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan and fry the onion with a pinch of salt for 4 minutes until soft.
Meanwhile, peel and finely grate the carrots.
After 4 minutes, add the grated carrots, the garam masala, cumin seeds and turmeric to the pan and fry for 2 minutes. Add the white wine and cook for another 2 minutes. Take off the hob and set aside.
Drain the lentils, put into a sieve and rinse under a running tap. Add to the carrots in the pan.
Roughly chop the coriander and add to the lentils. Stir to combine.
In a bowl, mix the cream, eggs and salt.
Unroll the shortcrust pastry and put into a 30cm tart tin. Distribute the mango chutney over the base, top with the lentil filling, then pour the eggy mixture all over. Top with grated Emmenthal cheese and bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes.
Serve with a green salad.
