With uni getting more stressful by the day (seriously - nervous breakdown imminent), a meal that takes 20 mins to throw together and another 30 mins or so to cook sounds ideal. Making a quiche is really easy. It requires minimal preparation and then you pretty much just throw it in the oven and walk away. An episode of QI later, it will be all ready to go! Excellent.
This is another great recipe that can use almost anything you have in your fridge.
Ingredients:
1 sheet of flaky pastry
Vegetables – whatever you have. Suggestions: pumpkin/courgette/broccoli/spinach/silver beet/tomato/capsicum/olive/mushroom/onion/asparagus/leek
5 eggs
Large splash of milk
Salt/pepper
Cheese (feta is always a good idea)
We buy frozen sheets of pastry at our house because making it seems far too much effort. They don’t take that long to thaw, and if you forget to think ahead, you can microwave one for a few seconds. Careful to not over do it though.
Grease a flan tin/pie dish. Roll the pastry a little so it’s stretchy and use it to line the dish. Gently push it into the sides making sure there are no air bubbles. Use a knife to slice the base of the pastry a couple of times – this way the quiche won’t puff up from the bottom while cooking.
Put whatever veges you are using on top of the pastry. Handy tip for pumpkin: if you slice it reasonably thinly you don’t need to precook it. However, if you’re really keen on roast pumpkin, big pre-roasted hunks work wonderfully. If you have left over roast vegetables, chopping them up and putting them in your quiche is a great way to use them.
The quiche in the picture was made with pumpkin, courgette, fresh silver beet, red onion and feta. (I watched the QI episode on Germany while it baked; Stephen Fry is so cool.) For meat-eaters: bacon is a good idea, as is ham. Salami or sliced sausage would work too.
In a bowl, whisk the eggs together, along with a large dollop of milk. Add salt and pepper. Pour your egg mixture over the vegetables, making sure that all of them have been covered. Sprinkle a little cheese on top.
Leave in the oven for about half an hour until golden brown, and then serve with salad if you’re lucky enough to have salad resources lying around the place.
Quiche
