Mini Quiche/Pies

Tell either male in this household that it is quiche for a meal and they will wrinkle up their nose.  Pies however are acceptable.  These mini ones are made in muffin tins.  You can also use mini muffin tins for smaller ones and I would think it would work well as a single large one

Equipement:

Muffin tin/pie tin

Whisk

Grater

Kid safe activities (if you want your kiddo to participate)

Cutting the puff pastry and putting it in the tin

Putting non wet ingredients into the tin

Ingredients

1 x pack of shop bought puff pastry

4 x eggs (you may need more)

1/4 cup of milk

1 cup of tasty cheese

meat of your choice

veg of your choice (I usually use 1 carrot or some spinach)

 Method

Heat  your oven to 180C and get a muffin tin (like we used for the meatloaf)

Cut circles from your puff pastry to go into each muffin cup.  Generally you need a cutter thats slightly larger in size than the top of the hole

Put the pastry into each muffin cup (you don’t need to grease before doing this)

Add your meat, veg and cheese into each cup.  Sometimes we don’t do meat but chicken, hot dog, meatballs etc all work well Beck loves Bacon in his - just a sprinkle of pre cooked rasher works well

Whisk the milk and eggs and some seasoning together in a jug and pour the egg mixture slowly into each case to just below the top - I always make a mess but they still taste ok

Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden

The can be eaten hot or cold if you want them warm just micro for 30 seconds

If you want to make these for smaller appetites I use a mini muffin tin which makes bite size ones.  Depending on your filling you may need to make up more egg mixture