Smoky Cheese And Pumpkin Mini Quiches Recipes

Steps:

• Roll the pastry out onto a lightly floured work surface until very thin. Cut out circles that are 1cm larger in diameter than the tartlet tins. Line the tins with the pastry circles (you may need to bake these in batches if you do not have enough tins) pressing into the edges and up the sides. Re-roll any pastry offcuts until you've lined all the tins, then chill for 30 mins (if you're baking in batches, chill the off-cuts too).
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line each pastry case with a piece of foil and fill with baking beans or uncooked rice. Bake for 10 mins, then lift out the foil and beans and bake for another 5 mins. Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a little oil until crisp.
• Divide the bacon and half the cheese between the cases. Beat the eggs and cream together, then pour over the bacon and cheese until the cases are almost full. Scatter over the remaining cheese. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden and puffed up. Leave to cool, then chill before serving. Can be made a day ahead.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190DegC (375degF).
• Sprinkle cheese over pastry base.
• Melt butter in a pan and lightly fry spring onions for 2 minutes.
• Add spices, egg yolks, cream or milk and pumpkin.
• Whisk egg whites until stiff, fold into mixture, then pour filling mix into case slowly.
• Bake in oven for 10 minutes, then lower heat 180degC (350degF) and bake a further 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Cut pastry into 7cm circles with a fluted cutter, press into shallow patty pans.
• Cook bacon and onion in frying pan until bacon is crisp, drain.
• Stir bacon mixture into combined pumpkin, cheese, egg, milk and nutmeg, spoon into pastry cases.
• Cut extra bacon into thin strips, roll up, place a piece on each quiche.
• Bake at 200C for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 180C, bake 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, pumpkin and milk until blended. Stir in bacon, mushrooms, onion and pepper. Toss cheese with flour; stir into egg mixture. Pour into pie crust., Bake on a lower oven rack 50-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Press pie crust pastry into a pie dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Arrange salmon into the baked pie crust to cover evenly. Spread cream cheese over over salmon layer using your hands. Sprinkle dill over cream cheese layer.
• Beat eggs, milk, salt, and pepper together in a bowl; pour over cream cheese layer just below crust edge. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over egg layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until quiche is set and middle has risen, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before slicing.