Mini Quiches: Salmon and Broccoli
How to make12 Mini Quiches, Salmon and Broccoli, using hot water crust pastry, easy step by step instructions, from start to finish.
Ingredients
Method
- The Pastry:
- 300g / 11oz Plain or All-purpose flour
- 120g / 120mls Water
- 70g / 2½oz Butter
- 70g / 2½oz Lard or shortening
- 4g / ½tsp Salt
- The filling:
- 6 Large eggs
- 50g / 50mls Milk
- 250g / 9oz Salmon fillet
- 90g /3oz Broccoli
- 100g / 3½oz Grated mature/sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 Spring/green onions
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Making the pastry:
- Mix the salt and flour together
- Place the water on a low heat and add the butter and lard to the pan, bring to a simmer.
- Soon as the fats have melted, pour the hot liquid onto the flour in the bowl, and bring it all together.
- Tip the contents of the bowl out onto the work surface.
- Gently knead the dough until it all comes together.
- Cover in plastic wrap or food bags, and place in the refrigerator, for at least 1 hour before using.
- Grease a standard size 12 cup muffin tin.
- Making the filling:
- Prepare the filling starting with the broccoli, use the floret tips only.
- Dice the salmon into 13mm that’s ½in cubes.
- Finely dice the spring onions.
- Whisk the eggs together in a jug, then add the milk, whisk again for a couple of moments to incorporate plenty of air, you may season the mixture with salt and pepper at this point.
- Once chilled, roll out the pastry into a 3mm sheet.
- Cut out 12 / 10cm / 4in diameter circles.
- Line each cup in the muffin tin, with the pastry circles.
- Preheat your oven to 180°C / 355°F / Gas mark 4.
- Add a little of the egg mixture to each cup.
- Add a pinch of the grated cheese to each cup, only use half of the cheese at this point.
- Add a pinch of the spring onions to each cup, only use half of the onions at this point.
- Now add 3 or 4 pieces of the salmon, once again, only use half of the salmon at this point.
- Evenly divide all of the broccoli florets into each cup, followed by the rest of the spring onions.
- Now add the rest of the salmon pieces.
- Add the remainder of the egg mixture, filling each cup, to just below the surface.
- Now divide the rest of the cheese to the top of each one.
- Place the muffin tray in the preheated oven, and set your timer, for 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, allow to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before carefully removing them from the muffin cups.
- These delicious mini quiches can be served hot or cold.
- Enjoy.
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