Raw quiche bottom!!!

tugrin

Hi
Spent ages today looking for a good quiche recipe and advice so I can win the Horticultural show!!! But the same old thing happened- even after blind baking for 12 minutes the bottom was soggy - HELP! Mind you the custard was great!!!

gordikin

Try blind baking it as you did and just before the end glaze it with egg white and give it another couple of minutes in the oven.

u751904

for pastry are you doing half fat to flour then chilling the pastry etc for half and hour? how are you preparing the pastry?

tugrin

Thanks for your replies- yes I do half fat half flour and when its cooked my pastry is usually one of my strong culinary points. Will try the glazing with egg next time - sounds like a good idea!

meritaten

are you adding the filling hot? this can cause a soggy bottom! allow it to cool to at least room temp before adding it to the base.

tugrin

No not adding filling hot - about rrom temp as you say. I was wondering about doing the egg on the bottom thing - do you beat the egg white and exactly when do you put it on the bottom?

vl2588

I'm no expert but I have read that when you bake blind you can bake for some time with foil & beans/eq. and then remove and continue to bake for just a few mins with nothing on top. Not sure if you are alreasy doing this but just a thought

seraphina

What are you cooking it in? You get best results using a metal quiche tin placed on a preheated baking tray - ceramic quiche dishes won't give as good a pastry finish.

lickylonglips

my mam makes the best quiches in my humble opinion and she never blind bakes and always uses ceramic. her secret is a layer of grated cheese on top of the pastry before adding other ingredients. when this melts, it forms a sort of waterproof layer that stops the bottom getting soggy. i suppose the added fat also helps to crisp it? she also makes heavenly egg and bacon pie... basically a quiche with a lid on that's cooked directly on a dinner plate.

FatVonD

I had no idea you were supposed the heat the egg/milk part of quiche before baking! I put mine in cold and just bake in the oven and they turn out brilliantly (if I say so myself!)

Butterfly_Brain

I glaze mine with egg white before baking blind for 15 minutes, then add the savoury custard and bake until set