My two lads will eat sandwiches without any fuss, day in, day out – but my daughter remains firm in her anti-sandwich stance. If this scenario sounds familiar to you, quiche is a delicious option for fussier eaters and the pastry makes for quite robust lunch box fare – we’re sure they’ll be gobbled up before hitting the playground!
I’m keeping it fuss-free here folks, sure you can pack extra vegetables in these morsels of fluffy quiche, but if they’re happy with them and I can have them done in 20 minutes then I’m all for it and not complaining one bit. Add a bit of salad to the side and they make for a really nice cold lunch and my boys always, always, add tomato sauce (at which point I look away because I can’t bare to witness such sacrilege) before wolfing them down.
Ingredients:
3 sheets Pampas Shortcrust Pastry, thawed
1 large onion, diced
60g of ham or bacon pieces (a quick dice will help keep them from taking up too much room!)
1 tsp wholegrain mustard
2 tsp olive oil
4 eggs
¼ cup of cream
¼ cup of finely grated parmesan cheese (plus extra for a final sprinkle)
Method:
- Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease two 12 hole, shallow round based patty pan tins (not muffin tins).
- Using a seven centimetre round pastry cutter, cut 24 rounds of pastry from the thawed sheets and gently press into each tin cavity.
- Heat oil in a frypan over medium heat and cook onion until soft. If you’re using bacon you can cook that now, together with the onion. Cook, stirring, for about five minutes. Transfer to a bowl and add ham and mustard, stir through and put aside to cool slightly.
- In a large jug combine eggs, cream and cheese. Whisk to combine and add a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Spoon a teaspoon of the onion and ham mixture into each pastry shell, dividing it reasonably equally. Carefully pour (or use a tablespoon) the egg mixture over the top of the mixture in each pastry shell. Top with a sprinkle of extra parmesan.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden and set. Remove from the tray and let cool on a wire rack (though let everyone know you know how many are there – they seem to go missing at this point!).
Makes 24 mini quiches. Suitable for freezing.
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