You can eat it hot or cold. This quiche can be a nice meal for lunch; you just have to warm it in microwave.

SERVES:
PREPARATION: 20 minutes
COOK: 30 minutes
DIFFICULTY:

What do you need?

For the short-crust pastry:

• 75 g green vegetables flour
• 15 g corn flour
• 15 g self-raising flour
• 45 g butter or light butter
• 25 ml water

For the quiche:

• 1 big courgette
• 50 g bacon
• 1 egg or 2 egg whites
• 5 tablespoons liquid cream or soya cream
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 70 g grated cheese
• a pinch of salt
• pepper
• parsley

How to do a shortcrust pastry with vegetable flour?

• Mix in a large bowl: corn flour, self-raising flour, vegetables flour, butter
• Add the salt
• Knead the pastry with your fingers
• Add water
• Knead gently the pastry
• Wrap it in a plastic film and let it cool in a fridge for 30 minutes

How to do the Courgette quiche?

• Peel the courgette and cut it in medium bits
• Put the bacon in small pieces

• Boil the courgette pieces and the bacon in a large saucepan for 15 minutes

Tip: you can check with a knife whether your courgettes are ready to be used:  if the knife softly reaches the flesh of the courgettes, then they are ready to be used

While the courgettes are cooked, you can prepare the mixture:

• Put in a bowl the egg with flour, liquid cream,
  milk, pepper and salt
• Mix them together

• Spread the shortcrust pastry in a quiche dish and prick crust with fork in several places
• Put in the oven for 10 minutes at 200°C

• Drain the courgette pieces and the bacon pieces

• Put the courgette pieces at first in the pie
• Add the bits of bacon
• Add the grated cheese
• Add the mixture
• Add parsley
• Put the quiche in the oven for 30 minutes at 220°C

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