Showing posts with label quiche. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quiche. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 October 2015

Mixed vegetable quiche

Serves: 6-8 as starter, 4 as main course

Ingredients
- 1 puff pastry roll
- 2 eggs
- 100g double cream
- 50g gouda (or similar) cheese
- 1-2 tomatoes
- 2-3 portobello mushrooms
- ½ bell pepper
- 1
zucchini

Directions
Chop all the vegetables into small pieces or thin slices. In a bowl mix the chopped vegatable, cream, eggs and cheese cut into small cubes. Pour the mixture into the puff pastry rolled out in a baking tin and bake for 40 minutes at 180C.

Sunday, 27 September 2015

Zucchini and taleggio cheese quiche

Serves 4-6

Ingredients
- 1 roll puff pastry
- ¼ onion, finely chopped
- 2-3 zucchini, sliced
- 100g taleggio cheese
- 70g parmesan cheese, grated
- 3 eggs
- 150ml double cream
- olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- ground nutmeg

Directions

Lightly fry the onion in olive oil in a skillet. Add the zucchini and cook for about 10 minutes till the zucchini are cooked but still crisp. Add salt and pepper to taste. Set to a side.
In a bowl mix the eggs, parmesan cheese, double cream and nutmeg. Add the taleggio cheese cut into small cubes and the zucchini.
Unroll the puff pastry into a baking tray and pour the mix inside. Bake at 180C for 30-40 minutes until brown.

Saturday, 8 August 2015

Tuna and zucchini quiche

Serves 4-6

Ingredients
- 1 roll puff pastry
- 2 zucchini
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cans of tuna in water
- 100g cream cheese
- 20g chedder
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
- onion
- garlic
- parmesan cheese

Directions
In a frying pan heat the olive oil and lightly fry the onion and garlic, finely chopped. Then add the zucchini cut into cubes. Cook till tender but not too soft.
In a bowl mix the eggs, tuna, cream chees, chedder chees cut into small pieces, and salt and pepper to taste. When the zucchini are ready let them cool and then add them to the mix.
Unroll the pastry onto a baking tin, pour the mix and grate some parmesan on top.
Bake at 180C for 30-40 minutes.

Monday, 27 July 2015

Zucchini and potato quiche

Serves 4

Ingredients
- 1 roll puff pastry
- 1 potato, sliced
- 1 small zucchini, diced
- 2 eggs
- 100ml cream
- 80g cream cheese
- 40g blue stilton, crumbled
- salt
- pepper

Directions
Steam the potatoes, or lightly fry with some onion and garlic for more flavour. Let the potatoes cool and in a bowl mix the zucchini, eggs, cream, ccream cheese, salt and pepper.
Unrol the puff pastry and place it on a baking tray. Place the potatoes flat on the pastry covering it entirely. Add the crumbled stilton. Pour the remaining ingredients on top and bake at 140C for 30 minutes.

Friday, 24 July 2015

Goat cheese and salmon quiche

Serves: 8 (starter) or 4 (main course)

Ingredients:
- 1 roll puff pastry
- 1 leek
- 180g smoked salmon cut into small pieces
- 3 eggs
- 150ml milk
- 100 ml cream
- 130g fresh goat cheese, crumbled
- black pepper

Directions:
Thinly slice the leek and lightly fry it.
Unrol the puff pastry and spread it over a baking tin.
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and then pour into the puff pastry.
Bake in the oven at 180C for 30-40 minutes until the crust is slightly brown