Monday 3 March 2008

Butternut and Goat's Cheese Quiche

Ingredients
500gms Ready-made Shortcrust Pastry
1 Red Onion - small and cut into wedges
I Butternut Squash - small
4 Cloves of Garlic
I Pack Soft Goat's Cheese
I Pack Goat's Cheese with rind - cut into rounds
1tbs Fresh Sage
1 tbsp Fresh Thyme
Method
Heat oven to 190C.
Roll pastry out to circle about 5mm thick.
Line a 23cms round quiche tin with pastry.
Put in oven and bake blind for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, peel and de-seed the squash and cut it into chunks.
Put it in a roasting tray and drizzle it with olive oil.
Add the onion, thyme and garlic.
Cook for 20 minutes.
Spread the soft goat's cheese on the base of the pastry.
Mash the garlic with the squash and the sage, leaving it lumpy.
Spread half of the squash mixture over the pastry.
Season and then scatter the onion and then the rest of the squash mixture.
Put the sliced goat's cheese on the top.
Bake for 20-30 minutes.

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