The Coronation Quiche recipe was created for the coronation of King Charles
It's a light quiche with flavours of Spinach, broad beans and tarragon.
This recipe amends the original to make it a little more convenient to make, using ingredients that are more readibly available.
Cooking Time
| Prep | Cooking | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 40 mins | 86 mins | 126 mins |
Ingredients
- 125ml milk
- 175ml double cream
- 2 medium eggs
- 3/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
- Salt and Pepper
- 100g grated cheddar cheese
- 180g spinach
- 60g broad beans (fresh preffered, but frozen work)
- Ready-roll Shortcrust pastry
- 20cm Flan tin
Method
- Set a pan of water boiling
- Lightly chop the spinach
- Once at boiling point, put the spinach in for 2-3 minutes (until wilted)
- Remove the spinach and set aside
- Put another pan on the boil
- Once boiling, pour in the broad beans
- boil for 2-3 minutes
- Remove from the water and set aside
- Lightly flour the work surface
- Roll the pastry out so it's approximately 5mm thick, and a little wider than the size of the pastry tin
- Line the flan tin with the pastry (flour side up), gently easing against the sides
- Trim any overhang with scissors, allowing the pastry to rise about 1cm above the tin
- Cover with cling film
- Chill in the fridge for around 30 minutes
- Set the oven heating to 200c
- Cut a large piece of baking paper and then screw it up
- Unravel it, remove clingfilm from the pastry and use the baking paper to line the pastry
- Carefully push another tin in, or add baking beans (or dried rice, coins or some other form of weight) to blind bake
- Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes
- Remove the greaseproof paper and weights
- Reduce the temperature to 160c
- Beat the milk, cream, eggs, herbs and seasoning in a bowl
- Scatter 50g of cheese in the pastry case
- Add the spinach and beans
- Pour over the liquid mixture
- Sprinkle the remaining 50g cheese over
- Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until set and golden
- Serve hot or cold - to reheat, put in the oven at 180 for 20 minutes