Recipes: My Favourite Quiche

dough
200 gram flour
100 gram butter
salt and pepper to taste
5 TB cold water
mix to form dough, cool, roll out into pie round.
much easier to roll between two sheets of plastci wrap.

preheat oven to 180 C and blindbake the pie shell.

quiche
10 strips bacon gently fried and drain of fat then chopped
2 cups grated mixed padano and a strong bergkäse
3 eggs & 1 cup heavy cream mixed together.
salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste. chives.

place cheese then bacon in form and fill with egg mixture.
bake for 20 -25 minutes at 180 C. I like my quiche softer.

enjoy with a light, cold, white wine. my favourite? pfalz sauvignon blanc or a cape riesling

enjoy! :O) katrin

Recipe: Rosemary Pots aux Chocolat

I have a rosemary bush in the garden that is as tall as me ... what to do with all this rosemary?! while a Fall herb, it can be nice and refreshing when mixed with lemon and ... dare I say chocolate? :O) of course I dare.

juice 1/2 fresh lemon
100 gram sugar
120 ml white wine
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
75 gram dark chocolate
250 ml cream

Heat lemon juice, wine and sugar in pan until sugar dissolves.
Strip rosemary leaves and add with finely grated chocolate to mixture.
Add cream and bring to gentle boil.
Reduce to a simmer and cook uncovered for 30 minutes.
Stir mixture together, remove from heat, strain rosemary leaves.
pour into 6 small glasses, let cool, gently chill.

Recipe: White Chocolate Cheese Parfait

White Chocolate & Cheese Parfait (6 portions)

300 gram soft goats cheese (chevre)
100 gram white chocolate
500 ml cream

1/2 fresh papaya
1/2 fresh mango
1 fresh red chili pepper
1 fresh lime

Whip room temperature goats cheese until creamy.
Finely grate white chocolate. Whip the cream.
Gently fold all ingredients together.
Spoon mixture into 6 glasses and cool.

Cut papaya and mango into very fine pieces.
Cut the red chili pepper into very fine slices.
Mix together with the juice of the lime.
Serve spoonful on top of each parfait.

Enjoy!! katrin