Mini Quiches Two Ways

From the High Tea menu...

These tasty little quiches make excellent finger food for Christmas entertaining.

Makes
24

Ingredients:
2 cups plain flour
150g butter, chilled, chopped
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup water, chilled
3 eggs
1/3 cup pure cream
Pancetta and leek filling
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 slices pancetta, finely chopped
1/2 small leek, trimmed, thinly sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
Tomato and marinated feta filling
2 tablespoons drained marinated feta cheese, crumbled
8 (25g) Green Valley pitted kalamata olives, finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
3 grape tomatoes, quartered

Method:
1. Place flour and butter in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg yolk and chilled water. Process until dough just comes together. Turn on to a lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, flatten dough into a 15cm round. Wrap in plastic wrap.
2. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Lightly grease two 12-hole, 1 1/2 tablespoon-capacity round-based patty pans. Roll out pastry between 2 sheets of baking paper until 3mm thick. Using a 7.5cm pastry cutter, cut 24 rounds from pastry. Press pastry rounds into prepared pans. Pierce bases with a fork. Freeze for 20 minutes or until firm.
4. Using a fork, lightly beat 1 egg in a bowl. Brush egg over pastry rounds. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden.
5. Make pancetta and leek filling: Meanwhile, heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add pancetta and leek. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4 minutes or until leek has softened. Season with pepper.
6. Make tomato and marinated feta filling: Combine feta, olives and parsley in a bowl.
7. Place cream and remaining eggs in a jug. Lightly beat to combine. Spoon pancetta mixture into 12 pastry cases. Spoon feta mixture into remaining pastry cases. Pour 2 teaspoons of egg mixture over fillings. Sprinkle pancetta and leek quiches with parmesan. Top feta quiches with tomato quarters. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden and filling has set. Serve.

Creamed Eggs

I've not tried these before, but how yummy do they look?!

Ingredients:
5 hard boiled eggs
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
about 2 cups milk
toast
garnish with chives or parsley

Method:
1. Make hard boiled eggs by putting the eggs in a saucepan with cold water to cover. Bring to a full, rolling boil, cover and reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15 minutes.
2. Cool eggs by putting them in cold water and change the water frequently.
3. When eggs are cool, peel and cut them in half.
4. Put the yolks in a sieve and push them through the sieve with a spoon into a bowl. That makes the yolks fluffy. Scrape the underside into the bowl, too.
5. Set aside the bowl of fluffy yolks.
6. Coarsely chop the egg whites. The egg whites go into the white sauce.
7. In a saucepan, melt two tablespoons butter over medium heat.
8. Then add 2 tablespoons flour and stir until evenly combined.
9. Let the butter and flour mixture simmer for a few minutes, but you do not let it turn brown, so lower the heat accordingly.
10. Then gradually add the milk, stirring constantly.
11. Add salt and pepper to taste.
12. As the mixture is simmering, it will thicken, so keep stirring. It should have a gravy-like consistency, so add more milk if necessary, then turn the heat down to low.
13. Add the chopped egg whites and stir to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Serve over toast. Sausage or bacon on the side is good. Fresh fruit on the side is good too. Garnish with chopped chives or parsley.