Cheese Or Vegetable Flan With Shortcrust Pastry - Miele H 6000 Recipe Book

Savoury snacks

Cheese or vegetable flan with shortcrust pastry

Preparation time: 70 minutes
Serves 8–10
Shortcrust pastry
200 g plain flour
Approx. 65 ml water
80 g butter, softened
¹/₄ tsp. salt
230 g of ready-made short crust pastry
could be used instead of making your
own.
Vegetable filling
500–600 g vegetables (e.g. leeks,
carrots, broccoli, spinach)
50 g tasty cheese, grated
Butter
Cheese filling
70 g diced bacon
280–300 g tasty cheese, grated
Topping
2 medium eggs
200 ml cream
Salt
Pepper
Nutmeg
Accessories
Round baking tray  27 cm
Preparation
Dice the butter, add to the flour, salt
and water and knead rapidly until a
shortcrust pastry mixture is formed.
Chill for 30 minutes.
Line the round tray with the pastry.
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Method for the vegetable filling:
Wash, trim and finely dice the
vegetables. Sauté in butter, then leave
to cool. Arrange over the pastry and
scatter cheese on top.
Method for the cheese filling:
Fry the bacon and leave to cool.
Arrange over the pastry and scatter
cheese on top.
Start the Automatic programme or pre-
heat the oven.
Mix the eggs and the cream together,
then season to taste with salt, pepper
and nutmeg. Pour over the vegetable or
cheese topping, then place on the rack
on shelf level 1 and bake until golden.