Roasting the vegetables intensifies the natural sweet flavours in this delicious quiche – perfect on sunny days
Serves 8
Preparation time 25 minutes
Cooking time 1 hour
Ingredients
- 340g frozen shortcrust pastry, thawed
- 1 red onion, quartered
- 1 red and 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 courgette, trimmed and sliced thickly
- 1tbsp olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 142ml tub Asda single cream
- 110g Gruyère or mature Cheddar, grated
Method
1 Preheat oven to 200C/Gas 6. Roll out pastry and use to line a deep 25cm loose-bottomed flan tin. Line with greaseproof paper and baking beans. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove paper and beans and bake for another 5 minutes. Leave to cool.
2 Put the red onion, peppers and courgette on a baking sheet and drizzle with oil. Roast for 25 minutes until the veg are lightly charred. Allow to cool slightly; separate onion leaves.
3 Reduce the oven temperature to 180C/Gas 4. Beat the eggs and cream in a large bowl and gently stir in the grated cheese. Season the mixture well.
4 Spoon the roasted vegetables into the pastry case. Pour over the egg mixture. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until the filling is just set. Leave to cool. Transport the quiche in the flan tin.