Courgette Tomato Quiche With Feta Food

COURGETTE & TOMATO QUICHE WITH FETA

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 180 degrees C / 356 F. I use an electric fan oven, please adjust according to your own oven.
• Roll out the pastry on a floured surface, it should be wide enough to generously cover a round 22 cm oven proof dish. Place the pastry into to dish and gently push in the edges with your thumb. Roughly trim the edges leaving extra pastry for shrinking. Prick the pastry a few times with a fork. Place in the fridge for 10 minutes. Keep any leftover pastry for any cracks.
• Prep the vegetables while you wait for the pastry.
• Remove the pastry from the fridge. Place a round of parchment paper over the pastry and fill with baking beans. Bake in the top third of the oven for 15 minutes then remove the paper and beans. Check for any cracks and seal them up with the leftover pastry if needed. Bake again for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven a leave to cool a little.
• Beat the eggs in a bowl stir in the cream. Crumble in most of the feta keeping about a tablespoon aside. Add the thyme leaves, salt and pepper and spring onions and stir.
• Crumble the remaining feta over the pastry base, pour half the egg mixture over the pastry. Arrange the courgette and tomatoes around the egg mixture. Pour the remaining egg mixture over the courgettes and tomatoes then add spread the pine nuts over the top. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 30 - 35 minutes. The quiche is done when the top is golden and the filling is set and slightly puffed up over the pastry.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before removing from the dish. Serve warm or at room temperature with a green salad.

ZUCCHINI BAKE WITH FETA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Combine the tomatoes, garlic, oil, green onions, sugar, mint and oregano in a mixing bowl.
• Arrange a layer of zucchini slices on the bottom of the baking dish, followed with a layer of the tomato mixture and then the onions.
• Repeat until all the vegetables are used.
• Then sprinkle on the feta; top that with the breadcrumbs and dot with small pieces of butter.
• Bake for 35 to 45 minutes.

TOMATO, ZUCCHINI AND FETA GRATIN

Steps:

• Slice zucchini into 1/2" rounds. Blanch zucchini in boiling water for 4 minutes. Drain well, and pat dry.
• Slice tomatoes, lengthwise, into 4 slices per tomato. With a spoon remove seeds.
• In a greased 9x9 glass baking dish, place zucchini, overlapping, in a single layer to cover bottom of dish.
• Drizzle zucchini with 1 tbsp of olive oil over top.
• Sprinkle with with garlic, thyme, salt and pepper.
• Next add a layer of crumbled feta.
• Top dish with tomato slices.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle all of casserole with remaining oil.
• Bake, in preheated, 400°F oven for 40 minutes. Remove and let rest 10 minutes before serving.

CRUSTLESS ZUCCHINI AND TOMATO QUICHE

Steps:

• Sauté zucchini and onion until soft.
• Butter a pie plate, put zucchini mixture in plate and then arrange sliced tomato on top of zucchini.
• Add salt and pepper, oregano, and then top with shredded cheese.
• Combine eggs and milk pour on top.
• Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until set.

SPINACH, TOMATO AND FETA QUICHE

Steps:

• Two hours before you want to make the quiche, take the dough out of the freezer to defrost.
• When you're ready to start, lay the dough into either a 10 inch quiche or springform baking pan, making sure you have enough dough to form a crust around the edge.
• The crust should come 1 to 1 1/2 inches up the side of the pan.
• Crumble the feta cheese onto the bottom of the crust.
• Pour the olive oil into a saucepan and, when it is heated, throw in the spinach and cook until wilted.
• Spread the spinach over the feta cheese.
• Beat the eggs, garlic and creme fraiche together.
• Pour over top of the feta cheese and spinach.
• Place cherry tomatoes on top of the quiche.
• Sprinkle chives and ground pepper on top.
• Bake at 350 F or 180 C for 45 minutes.