1-2-1 Quiche/Tart - Pear and Blue Cheese and more

[a_boleyn]

WARNING: Picture heavy post but I'm putting most under cutsBefore I continue, I'm curious. How much regular/all purpose flour can you get for $20? I mean, if you buy it in 'normal' amounts for your family

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[anonymous]

That's a great way to buy flour and it's good that you can sort it all into smaller bags and then store in your freezer. I love the look of your quiche. By an amazing coincidence, yesterday, I too made a blue cheese and caramelised walnut salad! Now...what were the odds! xx http://hotlyspiced.com

[a_boleyn]

It's much cheaper to buy it in bulk from the Italian grocery store and I certainly don't want it to attract any little visitors. :) A coincidence indeed especially as this is the first time blue cheese has ever visited my house.

[cat63]

How much regular/all purpose flour can you get for $20?

Here, a 1kg bag of either plain or self-raising flour from Sainsbury's "Basics" range costs around £ 0.60, which the internetz tells me converts to $1.09 Canadian. Branded flour is more expensive, but I use the Basics stuff and generally get decent results.

That pear and blue cheese tart looks very nice! Rob wouldn't like it, as he doesn't like blue cheese (silly boy! :)), but I may have to give it a try next time he goes off on a bike tour and leaves me home alone :)

[a_boleyn]

I was curious as it seemed to be a pretty good price for a name brand flour. I'm with Rob on the 'don't love' the stuff though I don't hate it either. I wonder how a bit would taste in my basic macaroni and cheese sauce.

[cat63]

He just doesn't like it at all though. But I was only kidding about it being silly - people like what they like. It's weird how some of us find a particular thing delicious while others run away screaming though :)

I wonder how a bit would taste in my basic macaroni and cheese sauce.

Sounds worth a try for something a bit different.

[a_boleyn]

Everyone has reasons why they don't like something even if those reasons seem 'silly' to other people, to THEM, it makes perfect sense. You can't rationalize taste preferences away. Like me and raw tomatoes ... which I hate.

I have about 2/3 of the wedge of blue cheese left and would like to do something with it if possible so I wondered if the mac would be a good way to use it up. I also have some of the ham left over from Christmas that I can use. It had a brown sugar glaze on it and there's still some residual sweetness as well as the ham's saltiness for flavour.

[layers_of_eli]

I had to hop over and see your tarts! They sound SO amazing! Yum! The caramelized onion, pear, and blue cheese tart would be my favorite, I think!

[a_boleyn]

Thank you. They were all tasty.

[anonymous]

I get about 8 kgs for this price, but first of all France/Switzerland is more expensive (people also earn more than in Canada of course), and, secondly, I buy organic flour made by French organic farmers, so I guess 8 kg of organic flour for the equivalent of about 20 dollars is not a lot (even not in Canada I guess ;-) ).
I'm wondering... why do you freeze flour?
I love your tarts and quiches, especially the last one. I never prepare pastry crust for savoury ones though because I can buy good quality ones (100% butter, no chemical preservatives, etc.) very cheap, ready to use, and most of all because I prefer puff pastry which I'm too lazy to try making at home. Sissi (http://www.withaglass.com)

[a_boleyn]

I'd probably have to go to a health food store for organically grown flour and pay twice what you pay. I freeze my flour as it's the best way to make sure I have maximum storage life on it and it's the best place to store large amounts.

I don't think the puff pastry that's available everywhere is all butter and this recipe is for a good/puff pastry type dough.

Glad you liked the spinach quiche.

[anonymous]

In France you can always choose: 100% butter or other (I suppose margarine or other strange fats...). I once made a mistake and bought not the butter one.... it was really bad. Tasted like supermarket bought tart

[a_boleyn]

The pie crust recipe I used is not a 'puff pastry' one but it's a very tender one and ends up quite flaky which is where my reference to it BEING a puff pastry comes from. You could use a puff pastry for a pear and blue cheese tart based on some of the presentations I saw while googling the term. Organic is often a term used to justify a high price for an item though I don't know that the seller is always honest in the item being truly 'organic'.

[anonymous]

Oh, I have just realised I buy my organic flour in 2kg bags, so it makes 16 kg for the equivalent of 20 dollars. Not bad actually! Sissi

[a_boleyn]

That's great, especially for organic flour.