Zucchini and ham mini quiches

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These mini quiches are great as a snack, a pick me up after a work out, convenient for lunch boxes or for handy as a breakfast on the go. Any which way they are delicious.

Serves 12.

Ingredients:

  • 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed

  • 1 packet 150 g shredded ham

  • 2 zucchinis, washed and grated

  • 4 free range eggs, whisked

  • 2 tablespoons plain flour

  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese

  • ¼ mozzarella cheese

  • Extra flour for dusting

  • Salt to season

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius/ 180 fan-forced, then lightly spray a 12 hole muffin pan with olive oil and set aside.

  2. Place grated zucchini in a bowl and salt, let stand for 10 minutes. This process lets you remove excess water. In meantime work on pastry.

  3. Roll one sheet of pastry into a long log then cut into 6 even pieces. Stand up each piece on its end and flatten down with the palm of your hand creating a disc shape.

  4. Then sprinkle the surface you are working on with some flour and place one disc in the middle. Working one disc at a time, flour your disc lightly before rolling it out to prevent any sticking.

  5. Roll disc out flat until you have a perfect size pastry case and place into muffin pan. Repeat this process until you have created 6 cases. Then go back to method 3 and repeat process with second pastry roll, set aside.

  6. Place salted zucchini into a colander and rinse well, then squeeze zucchini gently squeezing out excess water and moisture. Place zucchini back into bowl and add flour, give a good mix through.

  7. Add ham, eggs and Parmesan cheese to floured zucchini. Once thoroughly mixed take a tablespoon of the mixture and place in the pastry case. Do this until all the mixture is finished and pastry cases are filled.

  8. Then add a sprinkle of salt for taste and mozzarella cheese to finish off.

  9. Bake in oven for 15 minutes or until cooked through and golden brown.

Nutritional analysis per quiche

  • Energy: 144 Cals/ 603kJ

  • Protein:       7.6g

  • Fat:             7.2g

  • Saturated fat:    3.3g

  • Carbohydrates 12g

  • Sugars 1g

  • Fibre 2g

  • Sodium 375mg