Mini Quiches made with Filo Pastry
This recipe makes for the best party food! And the filo pastry is a great alternative to puff pastry.
Ingredients
- 6 sheets of filo pastry
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil
- Half a leek washed then sliced
- 8 large eggs
- ¼ cup of cream
- 80 g of sun dried tomatoes finely chopped
- A handful of parsley chopped
- 25 g of Parmesan cheese grated
- 80 g of goats cheese (approximately)
- Salt and pepper for seasoning
Instructions
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Carefully lay out 1 sheet of filo pastry on a flat, clean surface. Use your cooking spray to spray a light layer of oil over the filo pastry. Put another sheet of filo pastry directly over the top and then spray that sheet.
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Keep continuing this cycle until you have 2 lots of 3 sheets of filo pastry.
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Cut a total of 6 even squares out of each lot of layered filo pastry (leaving you with a total of 12 squares). Then fit them into your muffin tray cases. Cover with a damp cloth then set aside.
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Use the cooking spray to grease your muffin tray. Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
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Get a frying pan over medium heat, add your olive oil, add your leeks and fry until they go translucent and soft. Turn the heat off and set aside.
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Whisk the eggs and cream together with a pinch of salt and pepper in a large jug. Next, add your sun-dried tomatoes, sauteed leek, your chopped parsley and your grated parmesan cheese.
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Add approximately 3/4 of a teaspoon of goats cheese in each pastry case.
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Pour the egg mixture into the pastry cases. Or you can carefully ladle the mixture in. Try to fill each pastry case as evenly as possible.
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Place in the oven and bake for about 15-20 minutes until golden brown. When the mini quiches are done, gently transfer them on a board or platter and serve.
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Recipe Notes
- Don't spray too much oil on the filo pastry.
- Use a dry, clean tea-towel to cover the filo pastry as you cook so that it doesn't dry out.
- If the base of the quiches isn't cooked yet, you can flip the quiches upside down and then cook in the oven for a few more minutes.
- If you freeze your quiches, re-heat them in the oven, not the microwave.