Ina Garten Quiche Crust Recipe
A perfect quiche begins with a reliable crust. Texture matters as much as flavor here. Home cooks love simple, proven techniques.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter cubed
- 3 –4 tablespoons ice water
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt, and sugar.
- Add cold butter pieces.
- Cut butter until pea sized.
- Add ice water gradually.
- Mix until dough just forms.
- Shape dough into a disk.
- Wrap and chill thirty minutes.
- Roll dough on floured surface.
- Fit dough into pie dish.
- Chill again for fifteen minutes.
- Blind bake at 375°F.
- Cool before adding filling.
Notes
- Keep butter very cold always.
- Do not overmix the dough.
- Chill dough before rolling.
- Use parchment for blind baking.
- Dock crust lightly with fork.