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Butternut Squash and Bacon Quiche
Serves a lot of hungry people (or let’s say 7-8)
Base:
180g white flour
180g wholemeal flour
150g butter
1 egg
a few splashes of water
salt
Filling:
1 smallish butternut squash (think the length of a toddler’s arm – hmm, that doesn’t help, does it? Ok, let’s say about 700g, or 1kg when it’s whole)
1 tbsp rosemary
1 red onion
1 onion
240g smoked bacon
200g feta (or however much is in a packet)
2 eggs
100 ml double cream (or normal cream)
100g grated parmesan
Preheat the oven to 180°
Make the dough: cut the cold butter into little cubes and mix with the egg and flours, salt. Mix it with a handmixer until it resembles breadcrumbs. Then, start kneading it fairly quickly so it doesn’t get warm. You will need to add a bit of water since the dough is really crumbly. Once you get a ball out of it, wrap it in cling film and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Over to the butternut squash. Peel it, deseed it and dice it. Put the dice into a roasting tin, splash some olive oil, salt and the rosemary on it. Bake in the oven until it is fairly soft but still with a crunch to it (about 15-20 mins).
Meanwhile, chop the onions and fry in olive oil until transluscent.
Make the flan: in a bowl mix the 2 eggs, the cream and parmesan, season with salt and pepper and add a bit of water or white wine to make it a bit less dense. Not much, about half a little glass.
Now it’s time to take the dough out of the fridge and roll it out. Mine was still fairly crumbly (but I used about 300g of wholemeal flour since I had run out of normal flour, so it shouldn’t be too bad for you). Flour your surface and roll out, and transfer into your quiche base (which you have greased before if your tin needs it, mine didn’t since it’s non-stick). Don’t worry if the dough breaks or doesn’t fit exactly. Nothing you can’t amend with another little piece of dough that you mold to fit. Think of it as play-do!
Now sprinkle your onions over the base. Top with butternut squash, bacon and crumble the feta over it all. Then, pour the flan mix over it all.
Bake for about 45 mins in the oven and serve with a fresh green salad.
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