Bacon & Cheese Quiche

Looks delicious, doesn't it!

Even though the weather here is still cold and snowy, tonight, I chose to go light a little lighter with a Bacon & Cheese Quiche, with Roasted Rosemary Potatoes & Salad.

Here's what you need to make a Bacon & Cheese Quiche

(I did cheat a little and used a premade pastry crust)

1 packet of Bacon

1 Cup of Cheddar Cheese

2 Onions

4 Large Eggs

1 cup of Heavy Cream

1 Cup of Milk

1/4 Tsp Salt

1/4 Tsp Pepper

1 Tsp of Italian Seasoning

Pinch of Nutmeg

Preheat Oven 425 Deg

Line your pan with your pastry and cover with foil.

 Bake in Oven for 10 mins, then take it out and set aside. 

Turn the Oven down to 325 Deg.

Dice onions and saute in a pan until slightly browned.

Cook the bacon.

Layer some cheese first, then add bacon and onions, then finish with the cheese.

Measure the cream, milk, and eggs into a jug and whisk, add the seasonings and stir well.

Pour Cream/milk/egg mixture over the Quiche.

(I used a smaller pan this time and I had some egg mixture left over, so I poured it into a greased dish)

Place in oven and bake for about 40 mins.

To test poke a wooden toothpick into the middle and if it comes out clean, your quiche is cooked.

Now, while the quiche is cooking, I made some easy and quick Rosemary Roasted Potatoes.

Potatoes, Cut into chunks.

Rosemary

Sea Salt

Pepper

Olive Oil

Drizzle Olive Oil over the potatoes, sprinkle the Rosemary and Salt/pepper over and toss

Until each potato is coated. Pop in the oven to cook. 

Check your Quiche, once the pick comes out clean and its nice and golden brown take it out and let it sit and cool for ten minutes.

                 And here you have a delightful light dinner of

Bacon & Cheese Quiche

With Roasted Rosemary and Olive Oil Potatoes and a Dollop of  Sour Cream and Chive Dip

Enjoy, I know we did :)

*To Make the Sour Cream Chive Dip*

2 Cups of Sour Cream

1 Cup of Mayonise

Dash of Malt Vinegar 

3 Overflowing Tablespoons of Chives 

(You can use Dried chives if you don't have fresh)

Salt and Pepper to Taste.

*Mix everything together in a bowl and pop in the fridge till you're ready to use*

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Blackberry, Raspberry Cream Pastry Puffs

Truly Scrumptious

 Mmm... Truly, truly scrumptious. 

This is what you'll be saying/singing

 After eating one of these

 Yummy delights.

Don't think for one second these are hard to make- There Not!

Heres what you'll need to make them

Yep, I cheated and used ready made Puff Pastry Shells

1 packet of Puff Pastry Shells (I used Pepperidge Farms Brand)

1 small punnet of Blackberries

1 small punnet of Raspberries

Birds Custard Powder

3 tablespoons room temp Butter

1/4 cup sugar

200 mls Milk

300 mls Coconut Milk

1/4 cup dried Milk

1/4 cup heavy Cream

2 packets of Fat Free Cream Cheese

1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Crio Bru Coaco Nibs

Melted Chocolate Chips
1/4 cup powdered sugar

I haven't posted how to make the custard on this post but

You can follow  it from this post HERE

Heat your oven to the temp in the box of Puff  Pastry.

Cook for 18- 20 minutes till golden brown, leave to cool

*After making your custard, leave it cool. If you find it too thick, add some cream to thin it out.

Next you take your Blackberries & Raspberries, leaving some for decoration, and puree them.

 Blend you cream cheese

Add your Powdered Sugar

Add your butter & 2 large spoons of your blackberries & raspberries

Taste your cream cheese, I wanted mine more blackberrish :) so I added one more spoonful

Then added vanilla

Once cooled, I took off the tops and removed the middle, be careful not to remove it all as it will break the shells.

Plop a blackberry & raspberry into each puff shell.

Next plop, some of the custard mixture on top of the fruit.

Then on top of the custard, plop on your cream cheese mixture.

Don't discard the tops of the puff shells - use them for your Kiddies :)

Decorate with the melted choc chips and the remaining fruit

Then get ready to say..... Mmm Truly Scrumptious!

Blackberry Raspberry Cream Pastry Puffs

How the puffs look when you cut into one...mmmm!

Now you may say...hey I have leftover cream cheese & fruit puree, you can always make more puffs.

Well heres what happened to mine!

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