Courgette, Bacon & Caramelised Onion Quiche
Quiche is a classic picnic staple and I am a huge fan of all the different seasonal combinations you can create. If you buy the base, it’s a quick recipe to make. All you really have to wait for is it to cook. It would also work great for a leftover dinner in the sunshine. I have a wonderful beetroot recipe if you were after another to try too.
These quantities fill a 23cm pastry case to the brim, so don’t go for a smaller case unless you want wastage. Serve it with a dressed salad for a main lunch or dinner. You can swap out the goats cheese for another fave if you aren’t a fan, I just love it in a quiche. Make it veggie by omitting the bacon if you wish.
Courgettes are abundant right now and I know my fellow growers are always after ways to use them. That’s the one thing with growing courgettes, they just keep on coming!
Courgette, Bacon & Caramelised Onion Quiche
Serves: 4-6
Prep time: 25 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 55 mins + cooling period
Ingredients
3 eggs
2 tbsp single cream
2 rashers smoked bacon, chopped
2 brown onions, finely sliced
1 small courgette, grated
Vegetable oil
2 tbsp honey
25g goats cheese, crumbled
Handful of fresh chives, chopped
Salt & Pepper
23cm pastry case
If you’d like, you can crisp up your bacon prior to adding it into the mixture for a crispy texture.
Directions
Pre-heat oven to 170c/gas mark 3.
Whisk eggs, season well with salt and pepper, set aside.
Chop bacon, chives and onions.
Grate courgette and squeeze as much water as you can from it. I often put mine into a tea towel and squeeze it out that way.
Add onions to a pan with 3 tbsp vegetable oil and cook until golden and soft (about 15 mins) Stir and add a little water if they begin to catch. I also like to add a tsp of sugar to make them a little sweeter. (Step 4 can be done the day before to break up the time.)
Add bacon, onions, chives, cream and 2 tbsp honey to the eggs. Mix to combine and then carefully pour into the pastry case. Crumble goats cheese on top. I like to pop the case on a baking sheet or in a pastry tin before I do the pouring, to save spilling it all over the oven.
Cook for 30 mins and then allow to cool before cutting.