Leek Chorizo and Semi-dried Tomato Quiche

Sarah loves this quiche, although she says she could eat more Chorizo (I think she just likes sausages)

Ingredients:
2 sheets of frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 leek, cut in half length-ways, washed and finely sliced
1 Chorizo sausage, sliced and papery skin peeled off
1-2 potatoes sliced or chopped into 2cm cubes
1/2 cup chopped semi-dried tomatoes
6 eggs
300 ml light thickened cream (less if you prefer)
2 cups grated tasty cheese


Method:

Preheat oven 180C. Grease a 23cm pie dish and line with thawed pastry. Prick this over with a fork. Line the pastry with grease-proof paper and baking beads or uncooked rice to stop it puffing up (optional). Bake in the hot oven for about 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Remove paper and baking beads if using.

Meanwhile, spray a large non-stick frying pan with a little olive oil and cook the potato and Chorizo sausage until the potato is browned. Remove to a plate. Add the leek to the pan with a little butter and cook until softened.

In a large bowl whisk together the eggs and cream seasoning with a little salt and pepper.

Spread the cooked leek in pie shell. Top with the potato and chorizo followed by the chopped semi-dried tomatoes and cheese. Pour the egg mixture over the top.

Bake in the hot oven 10 minutes and then reduce heat to 160C and bake a further 30-35 minutes until risen and browned on top

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Indian Cabbage Bujhia

Easy Vegetable Recipes: Cabbage Bhujia

This is a link to a recipe I found for one of my childhood favourites. Mum used to make this with an onion in it, in fact it was probably just chopped cabbage and onion fried up together. She stopped making it when my brother and sister (one or other of them) turned their noses up at it, which was a pity because I loved it and it would have been very good for us.

Here is an alternative, with onion and more spices:

Indian Spiced Cabbage

Spicy (I used double the spices)!

with coriander leaves

Double the recipe as this is 2-4 serves, improves next day

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped cabbage
• 1 -2 green chili
• 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger paste
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon oil
• Fresh coriander leaves
• salt

Directions

1. Heat the oil.
2. Add the cumin and mustard seeds.
3. Add ginger, garlic, chillies and onions.
4. Cook till the onions are a little soft.
5. Add the cabbage.
6. Add salt and turmeric powder and garam masala.
7. Cook about 5 minutes or to the consistency which you like your cabbage to be cooked.
8. Add chopped coriander.
9. Serve with naan bread and chutney.

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