Smoky Cheese and Pumpkin Mini Quiches

Submitted by Jewelies

"Great party food and can be cooked in the morning then reheated at night."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 24 Mini Quiches

ingredients

• 3 sheets ready rolled puff pastry
• 2 slices bacon, finely chopped
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2⁄3 cup mashed pumpkin
• 1 cup grated smoked cheese
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 slice bacon, extra

directions

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

Reviews

[patti k.]

These are fabulous! Mixes up very easily and looks and tastes great - I wanted to make them again right away so I could keep eating them. Thanks for posting!

 

[Starrynews]

Great - so flavorful and the ingredients blend wonderfully. I made my own crust from Recipe #297274. These were a big hit! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Karen Elizabeth]

Oh, these were fantastic!!! I made them for PAC Fall 2007, so I had no special occasion in mind, thought they would be nice for lunchboxes....however, they didn't make it that far!! The family finished them off in short order! I was preparing and freezing a box of fresh vegetables, so I just took a few of the pumpkin chunks out and froze the rest, everything else came out of fridge and freezer, they were quickly put together and baked whilst I was busy with other kitchen stuff. The pumpkin is not overpowering, it just adds a nice moistness to the baby quiches. The overall flavour is wonderfully savoury...you will note that there is no salt & pepper or other seasonings apart from the nutmeg, all the flavour comes from the ingredients, and they taste so good! Thank you for a great recipe, Jewelies!