Wednesday 8 January 2014

Quids In With A Quite Quick Quiche

In the story of the feeding of the five thousand in John chapter 6, it says Jesus said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” January is definitely a time for ‘gathering up the fragments’. Christmas cards are recycled [into new cards, gift tags, and mini giftboxes] and leftover food is used up. Careful menu planning means there is as little waste as possible.

I’d bought a pack of filo pastry, and used about 75% of the sheets – a handful of cherry tomatoes, half a yellow pepper, 2 rashers of bacon and 2 spring onions had come back from Norfolk in the coolbag. There was also some cottage cheese in a tub and a splash of cream which needed to be used up. A forgotten pot of parsley was dying on the kitchen windowsill [oops!] Each item uninspiring by itself. But I put them together at the weekend and voila!

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I usually sprinkle a little semolina across the base before I put the filling in and I forgot. So please don’t tell Mary Berry, but my quiche has a soggy bottom.

9 comments:

  1. Your quiche (kweesh as my OH continues to call it) looks delicious. Quiches and soups are a great way to use up bits and bobs.
    I think the soggy bottom thing is overrated. I was brought up on soggy bottoms and nobody thought it was unusual - my mum made excellent pastry and everything had one. She certainly wouldn't have wasted the gas on pre-baking!

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  2. Looks yummy though! It's ages since I've made a quiche, you've inspired me :)

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  3. No one wants a soggy bottom!
    Is that fine or coarse semolina that you use in the base?
    xxx

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    1. errm...no idea.. just regular semolina from Sainsburys!

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  4. Looks wonderful! I love it when you can bring uninspiring ingredients together to make something everyone's happy about.

    I had a carton of uninspired cherry tomatoes that were starting to get squishy. I roasted them with olive oil, garlic and basil, and they were quite nice. Yay!

    xofrances

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  5. I does look delicious. I have a new quiche recipe I'm trying out next week, all part of my 'journey into loving cooking'! I'll let you know if mine had a soggy bottom! :D

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  6. Hope all is well with you & yours, missed you post this morning - hope you're busy elsewhere for a nice reason. All best wishes, Vee x

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    1. Sorry Vee- glitch in the system, it WAS sent to post but didn't appear for some reason. It is there now!!

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