This evening Oluta made quiche. Nothing amazing about it, apart from the fact that there was no shortcrust pastry at Waitrose. I wasn’t bothered, I did a quick research and opted out for Fucking Gordon’s recipe. And it was fantastic. 200 g of plain flour, 100 g of butter, 100ml of water is all it takes. I blitzed flour with cold butter until the texture was breadcrumbs-like, then added the water and worked it into a lovely pastry within a couple of minutes. It was then left in the fridge to rest. Afterwards, the usual story, blind baked, then filled with some red onion chutney on the bottom, fried pancetta with leeks and some peas, topped with a runny mixture of double cream, 2 eggs, grated cheese, nicely seasoned featuring nutmeg in large amount. And baked for about 25 minutes. It was a brilliant quiche, served with a green salad.

Next time I’ll buy shortcrust pastry, I’ll give myself a smack right afterwards.