Smoked Salmon Quiche Recipe with Spring Onions

Ingredients

• 6oz/175g plain flour

• 3oz/75g butter

• 1 tbsp/15g Parmesan cheese

• 2-3tbsp/30-45ml water

• ½oz/10g butter

• 4oz/110g smoked salmon slices

• 4 spring onions/scallions

• 3 eggs

• 5 fl oz/150ml milk

• 4 oz /110g/cheddar cheese

• Salt and pepper

Method

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F
Aga Roasting oven If using a Rayburn have dial just over bake/roast setting.

To make the pastry, put flour, butter and Parmesan into a processor and whizz until the texture of breadcrumbs. With motor running, add the water a spoonful(10ml) at a time until it comes together as a dough.
Roll out pastry and line a 9"/23cm flan dish. Chill until required.
For the filling, roughly chop the salmon and put it into the pastry case.
Trim and slice the spring onions and scatter over the salmon.
Grate the cheddar cheese into a bowl. Add the eggs and milk with a little salt and pepper, and beat together.

Pour into the prepared flan case and put onto the floor of the roasting oven (top oven Rayburn) for about 25mins until set and golden. Or middle shelf of normal oven.
Serve the smoked salmon quiche simply with a mixed green salad and nice chilled glass of white or rose wine.

serves 4 - 6