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Mexican Chorizo Quiche

Here's how you make Mexican Chorizo Quiche
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 65m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 240 grams shortcrust pastry sheets, 2 sheets thawed (our sheets are about 23cm square)
  • Fresh parsley, to garnish
  • Lime, cut into wedges to serve
  • FILLING:-
  • 200 grams chorizo sausages, chopped (2 sausages specified)
  • 1 red capsicum, small and chopped
  • 1 green capsicum, small and chopped
  • 2 green spring onions, thinly sliced
  • 1/3 cup salsa, mild thick and chunky
  • 6 eggs
  • 1/2 cup pure cream
  • 3/4 cup grated Mexican cheese blend
  • Salt, to taste
  • Pepper, to taste
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Grease a 24cm round, loose-base flan tin nx place on an oven tray.

  • Step 2: Join pastry sheets together with edges slightly overlapping nx press to seal nx then line tin with pastry and trim the edge and cover with a sheet of baking paper and fill with dried beans, rice or baking beads.

  • Step 3: Cook in a moderate oven (180°C) for 15 minutes and then remove paper and beans or whatever your have used and return to oven and cook for a further 5 to 10 minutes, or until lightly golden and remove and let cool.

  • Step 4: Meanwhile, make filling - heat an oiled frying pan over a medium heat and add chorizo and cook, stirring, for about 3 minutes, or until golden and then add capsicums and onions and cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes, or until onions are soft and then transfer to a medium bowl and stir in salsa and then it cool.

  • Step 5: Spoon chorizo mixture into pastry case; whisk eggs, cream and cheese in a medium jug until combined and season with salt and pepper and pour over chorizo mixture.

  • Step 6: Cook in a moderately slow oven (160°C) for about 35 minutes, or until golden.

  • Step 7: Garnish with parsley and serve with lime wedges.


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