Reduced-fat vegetable quiche

Recipes / Vegetarian

A low-fat vegetarian quiche - what could be better

Recipe «Reduced-fat vegetable quiche» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 55 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 sheets Pampas Reduced-Fat Puff Pastry, 1 tbsp olive oil, 125g button mushrooms, sliced, 2 small carrots, grated, 2 small zucchini, grated , 350g broccoli, cut into florets, 2 green onions, thinly sliced, 5 eggs , 3/4 cup reduced-fat milk, 1 1/4 cups grated reduced-fat cheese.

Ingredients:

  • 2 sheets Pampas Reduced-Fat Puff Pastry 
  • 1 tbsp olive oil 
  • 125g button mushrooms, sliced 
  • 2 small carrots, grated 
  • 2 small zucchini, grated 
  • 350g broccoli, cut into florets 
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced 
  • 5 eggs 
  • 3/4 cup reduced-fat milk 
  • 1 1/4 cups grated reduced-fat cheese 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place a baking tray into oven.
  2. Line a 3.5cm deep, 23cm (base) loose-base fluted quiche pan with pastry. Trim. Prick base with a fork. Place a sheet of baking paper over pastry. Half-fill with dried beans. Place pan onto hot tray. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove beans. Bake a further 10 minutes.
  3. Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms. Cook for 4 minutes. Add remaining vegetables. Cook for 2 minutes. Cool.
  4. Whisk eggs and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Spread vegetable mixture over pastry. Sprinkle with cheese. Pour over egg mixture.
  5. Reduce oven to 180°C. Return quiche to hot tray. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until set. Stand for 10 minutes. Serve.