Norwegian Nokkelost Quiche - Nokkel Quiche - cooking recipe

Ingredients

150 g butter
200 g flour
2 tablespoons ice water
6 slices bacon
250 g nokkelost cheese, grated
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup half-and-half
2 tablespoons chives
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin (if not using real nokkelost cheese)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Mix butter and flour until crumbly. Add water until a soft dough forms. Handle as little as possible. Press into a 9 inch quiche pan.
Cook bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towel. Crumble.
Place grated cheese onto bottom of pie crust.
Whisk eggs, half and half, chives, salt and pepper together. Add cumin powder at this point if you are not using Nokkelost cheese.
Pour carefully into pie shell.
Sprinkle bacon on top.
Bake on lowest rack of oven until firm, approximately 30-40 minutes.