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Name: Quiche Bretonne
Prep time: 51 min
Cook time: 49 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 1 quiche
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 250 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée); 300 g mussels; 100 ml dry white wine; 1 sprig parsley; 200 g fresh tuna; 200 g fish; 300 g cooked prawns; 120 g spring onion (scallion); 4 tablespoons olive oil; 100 ml dry white wine; 250 ml liquid cream; 2 eggs; 2 egg yolks; salt; pepper

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Quiche Bretonne

This quiche from Brittany has a puff-pastry base topped with an assortment of fish and shellfish with a classic quiche filling.

After baking in a hot oven, the crusty pastry is a great foil for the moist filling with all its seafood flavours.

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Last modified on: August 5^th 2018

For 1 quiche, you will need:

1 : 250 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 : 300 g mussels
3 : 100 ml dry white wine
4 : 1 sprig parsley
5 : 200 g fresh tuna
6 : 200 g fish
7 : 300 g cooked prawns
8 : 120 g spring onion (scallion)
9 : 4 tablespoons olive oil
10 : 100 ml dry white wine
11 : 250 ml liquid cream
12 : 2 eggs
13 : 2 egg yolks
14 : salt
15 : pepper
Total weight: 2,040 grams

Change for: 1 quiche 2 quiches 3 quiches

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How long does it take?

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
51 min.	49 min.	1 hour 40 min.

Preservation: Several hours in the fridge. After this, it will still be good, but less crisp

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Step by step recipe

1	Roll out 250 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) (if not ready-rolled), line the tart tin or mould and prick all over the bottom. Set aside in the fridge.	5 min.
2	Cook 300 g mussels in 100 ml dry white wine with 1 sprig parsley. Stop cooking as soon as the mussels have opened. Note: You can also use left-over mussels marinière.	5 min.
3	Shell the mussels and set aside.	10 min.
4	Cut 200 g fresh tuna into large dice. Set aside.	5 min.
5	Cut 200 g fish – ccoley (Pollock) here – into large dice. Set aside.	5 min.
6	Shell the 300 g cooked prawns. Set aside.	10 min.
7	Prepare and finely chop 120 g spring onion (scallion).	4 min.
8	Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large sauté pan on high heat. When the oil is good and hot, add the onion, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute without colouring.	2 min.
9	Add the diced fish and prawns, and brown for 1 or 2 minutes. Add the mussels and 100 ml dry white wine, then leave to reduce until the liquid has almost completely evaporated. Leave to cool.	7 min.
10	The quiche filling mixture Preheat the ocen to 390°F (200°C).Put into a bowl: 250 ml liquid cream, 2 eggs, 2 egg yolks, salt and pepper. Whisk together until evenly mixed.	4 min.
11	Spread the pieces of fish, mussels and prawns in the the pastry case.	1 min.
12	Pour the quiche mixture over the top.	2 min.
13	Bake low in the oven for about 40 minutes, checking the colour towards the end. Can be eaten warm or cold.	40 min.

Remarks

You can vary this recipe to suit your own tastes or the time of year. Do try to use fish that's in season, as it is often cheaper. This is a good opportunity to use cheaper varieties.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Calories	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3917	245 gr	116 gr	275 gr
196 %	94 %	11 %	42 %

Per 100 g
Calories	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
192	12 gr	6 gr	13 gr
10 %	5 %	1 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 quiche : 11.85 €

Note : These prices are only approximate.

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Source: Home made.

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