Coronation Quiche Lard

[BestZebbie]

I have just read that the King has chosen an official recipe for the coronation "ideal to be served as the centrepiece of a Big Lunch".

It is a spinach and bean quiche, but it is made using lard in the pastry.

It is already being described throughout the media as "a vegetarian quiche".

Obviously, a lot of people will not have lard and will in fact actually make a vegetarian coronation quiche using their normal pastry recipe or bought pastry (e.g.: accidentally vegetarian).

But I forsee a lot of confusion with vegetarians having to ask for exact ingredients and/or accidentally eating lard over the forthcoming bank holiday weekend (during which we are being nationally encouraged to make this recipe and share it with potential strangers).

I made it but used ready made pastry.

It's awful not to my taste. Vegetarian DH liked it though.

I thought it was an odd choice- quiche is traditionally French after all! (Not that there is anything wrong with that of course, but not British!!)

If I had made a coronation menu I would have done;

starter- scottish salmon dish
Main- Welsh lamb dish with champ
Pudding- English apple dish like baked apples.

But I tend to the traditional in my tastes anyway!