Courgette, feta and broad bean quiche recipe
Paul Hollywood's fresh, seasonal quiche is perfect for a picnic

This quiche is a thing of beauty, says Paul Hollywood: courgette ribbons are spiralled in the pastry case and interspersed with broad beans and feta, then baked in a creamy egg custard. Don't over-bake it – you want the filling to still have a slight wobble in the middle.
Ingredients (serves six)
For the shortcrust pastry:
- 225g plain flour, plus extra to dust
- a pinch of fine salt
- 60g chilled unsalted butter, diced
- 60g chilled lard or vegetable shortening, diced
- 3-5 tbsp water
For the filling:
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- 2 courgettes, trimmed
- 100g feta
- 75g podded broad beans, skinned
- 4 medium eggs, plus an extra 2 yolks
- 200ml double cream
- 1½ tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 tbsp chopped chives
- salt and white pepper
Method
- For the pastry, put the flour and salt into a bowl, add the butter and lard or shortening and rub in using your fingers until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add just enough cold water to bring the dough together. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface, knead briefly until smooth, then wrap in cling film. Chill in the fridge for 30mins.
- Heat your oven to 200°C and have ready a 23cm fluted loose-bottomed tart tin, 3.5cm deep.
- Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 3mm thickness and line the tart tin with it, leaving the excess hanging over the edge. (Keep a little dough to patch any cracks later.) Line the pastry with baking paper and then fill with baking beans.
- Bake "blind" for 15 mins, then remove the paper and beans and return the pastry case to the oven for 8mins, or until it looks dry and lightly coloured. Use a knife to trim away the excess from the edge. Patch any cracks.
- To prepare the filling, using a swivel veg peeler, shave the courgettes into ribbons. Stack a handful of these on top of each other, then start to roll into a pinwheel, continually adding ribbons. Place this "rosette" in the centre of the pastry case. Holding it in position with one hand, keep adding ribbons to the outside until the courgette slices start to lean on the edge of the case and hold themselves in.
- Crumble the feta over the courgettes, allowing it to drop in the gaps between the courgette ribbons. Add the broad beans, gently slotting them in among the courgettes.
- In a bowl, whisk the eggs, yolks, cream, mustard and chives together. Season with salt and a pinch of white pepper. Pour the mixture into the pastry case and bake for 25-30 mins, until the filling is just set and golden brown.
- Leave the quiche to cool on a wire rack for 5 mins before removing from tin. Serve warm or cold.
Taken from "Celebrate" by Paul Hollywood, published by Bloomsbury Publishing at £26.
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