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["Preheat the oven to 350u00b0F.", "Toast the sesame seeds in a small dry frying pan over
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medium heat until fragrant and golden. Tip onto
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a plate and leave to cool.", "Meanwhile, grease an 8-inch straight-sided, loose-bottomed
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flan or cake tin (1-inch deep) and set it
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on a baking tray.", "Once the sesame seeds are cool, tip them and
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the remaining pastry ingredients, along with
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3 tablespoons of water, into a food processor.
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Whiz together until they form damp crumbs.", "Alternatively, to make by hand, put the flour and
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butter into a large bowl. Pick up bits of the mixture
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with the tips of your fingers and rub your thumb
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into your fingers to blend the ingredients together,
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allowing it to fall back into the bowl. Keep doing this
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until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir
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the sesame seeds through. Lightly beat the egg in
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a small bowl and stir into the crumbs really well
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with a small knife until it starts to form lumps.", "Add 3 tablespoons of water to bring it together.", "Dust a clean work surface with a little flour and tip the
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dough out onto it. Bring it together into a smooth ball
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then roll it out to the thickness of that of a
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nickel (about 2mm) to give a roughly 8 2/3-inch circle
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(slightly larger than the diameter of the tin).", "Carefully lower the pastry into the prepared tin,
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easing it against the bottom and edges. Use a small,
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sharp knife to trim the excess pastry off the top rim,
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using bits of the excess to seal up holes or cracks
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if necessary. Scrunch up a circular piece of baking
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parchment a little larger than the tin, then unscrunch
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and sit it in the pastry crust. Tip in ceramic baking
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beans or dried beans and bake for 20 minutes.", "Meanwhile, make the filling. Heat the oil or butter
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in a medium pan over a low-medium heat. Add the
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onion and cook down for about 10 minutes or until
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soft, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, beat the creme
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fraiche, yogurt, and eggs together in a large bowl until
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combined. Stir in the kale, season, and set aside.", "After the pastry has been cooking for 20 minutes,
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remove the paper and beans and return the pastry
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crust to the oven for a further 5 minutes or until the
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pastry is cooked, the base is sandy to the touch, and
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it looks lightly golden brown.", "Once softened, remove the onion from the heat and
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leave to cool. Once cool, stir into the kale mix.", "Once the pastry crust is cooked, remove from the
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oven and pour in the kale mixture. Arrange the
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smoked salmon on top. Bake for 35 minutes, or until
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the salmon is catching colour and the quiche cooked
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through to the centre. Remove and allow to cool a
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little. Carefully remove from the tin, cut into quarters
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and top with freshly torn basil."]
