Green Beans, Yellow Courgette and Cheddar Quiche

I made this Green Bean, Yellow Courgette and Cheddar Quiche last weekend. with vegetables from the garden plot.  It was served with salad and tomatoes which were also homegrown. 

I was enjoying the quiche very much, then I tasted a papery texture in mouth.  In my head I thought it must be either the courgettes or one of the lettuce leaves and continued eating.  It was only when we finished eating,  I mentioned it to D that it tasted a bit papery in places and he agreed.  It was only on his agreeing that it dawned on me that I had left the baking parchment paper on the pastry when I blind baked it. Yes I made the shortcrust pasty from scratch this time.  I have never done anything like this before.  

As we had only eaten half of the quiche, the following day we were surprisingly able to separate the eggy quiche part from the pastry  and pull out the remaining baking parchment paper.

Now that I have told you this, I might as well admit to you that I made another mistake in my rushed attempt to get this Quiche into the oven.  I was given some eggs by the neighbours, I cracked them one by one into a jug, before adding it to the milk for mixing.  Well, I forgot to add one of the eggs to the mixture.  It was only when I was about to transfer it to the oven for cooking, that my eyes fell upon the egg still in the jug.  Well, I quickly resolved that by whisking it and pouring it over the filling, giving the quiche filling a gentle stir here and there to blend.  It turned out fine, thank goodness.  

Honestly, I don't mess up like this - so this was an unusual day in the kitchen, perhaps my mind was on other things...