This is the exact recipe from Buckingham Palace that was recently released. You will find a printable recipe by scrolling down this page or use the ‘jump to recipe’ button above. Seeing a new monarch on the throne for me, as a British citizen, is something new because I’ve only ever known the Queen, but now my country is going to have a King and Queen! It’s been 70 years since Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation (by the way, her dish was Coronation Chicken!). There are other dishes on the menu, including a Coronation Roast Rack of Lamb, a Coronation Aubergine/Eggplant (picture below) and a Strawberry and Ginger Trifle.
How to make King Charles Coronation Quiche
What I personally like about a homemade quiche is that you don’t have to be a skilled cook to make it because you can kinda take a shortcut and buy a premade pie crust. Whisking the eggs, milk cream and other ingredients is a simple task, then all you have to do is just bake it! When it comes to the filling of this quiche, the King’s personal chef kept it very simple with the unusual choice of adding beans (broad beans to be precise) which are known as fava beans in the U.S. Fava beans can be sometimes hard to find but as a mini hack you can also substitute lima beans or even soy beans. The liquids used are eggs, whole milk and cream which makes for a very creamy and delicious quiche. The cheese that’s specified is cheddar, specifically white cheddar. If you use orange cheddar, the color will be slightly different so stick with white. The flaky pastry is similar to the pastry I use for my savory and sweet dishes like my British Steak and Ale Pie but they have chosen to add lard which I did also for this recipe. Of course, you can omit the lard and use all butter which is how I usually make it and it’s still just as flaky and good.
Spinach in Coronation Quiche
Spinach contains a lot of water. It is important to squeeze out as much liquid as you can by wrapping the spinach in a towel. If not, you will make the quiche soggy, and no one wants a soggy quiche!
Blind Baking Quiche Pastry
I’ve talked a lot about blind baking in many of my recipes and I used the blind baking method for this recipe. Blind baking is when you bake a quiche or pie crust without the filling. It is particularly essential when making a dish with a very wet filling, like this quiche. Blind baking gives the crust a chance to firm and bake before the filling is added and is an added protection against making the crust soggy. I highly recommend doing this with not only this dish but any of my other dishes or pies that require a good crust. If you’ve made this King Charles Coronation Quiche, please leave a comment (or question) below. I love to hear from my readers. The spinach can be freshly cooked but if frozen, it must be defrosted and remember squeeze out as much water as possible!
