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  Gruyère cheese (optional) cut into pieces

  3 ½ oz

Pastry

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  unsalted butter cold and cut into pieces, plus extra to grease

  6 oz
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  all-purpose flour plus extra to dust

  12
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  salt

  1 tsp
• 

  cold water

  4 oz

Filling

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  cubed bacon (see Tip)

  14 oz
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  large eggs

  8
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  whole milk

  4 oz
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  crème fraîche

  7 oz
  7 oz cream
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  salt

  ½ tsp
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  ground black pepper

  4 pinches