Mini Spinach & Ricotta Quiches

We were invited to a Christening yesterday. I hadn’t been to one in ages. Now that my children are turning 8 and 6 this year, I don’t have too much to do with babies as most of my friends have children the same age, except this one who had a baby earlier this year, her fourth. What a trooper she is. A wonderful cake maker, mother, wife and friend. I thought I’d take something and using what I had on hand, I whipped up these mini spinach and ricotta quiches.

I love having frozen puff pastry on hand because you can whip up anything for a party with that and just about anything else you’ve got lurking in the fridge or pantry.

A couple of fridge and freezer staples and you’ve got the making of a quick party snack or a luscious lunch time treat or family dinner tart.

I love the way a quiche comes out of the oven all puffed up. I think I’ll be making these again. Low in calories but high in flavour and taste.

Mini Spinach

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& Ricotta Quiches

• 1 sheet frozen reduced fat puff pastry, thawed
• 1 egg
• 1 tbs low fat ricotta cheese
• 1/4 cup skim milk
• 2 tbs chopped, cooked spinach (I used 1 small block of frozen spinach)
• 1 tsp crushed garlic
• salt & pepper
• 2 tbs grated cheese
• oil spray for pan

1. Prepare pan by spraying well with oil spray.
2. Cut out pastry rounds from thawed pastry. (One sheet of pastry yielded 9 mini quiches.)
3. Beat egg and add, ricotta, skim milk, spinach, garlic and salt & pepper. Mix well.
4. Place tablespoons of mixture into prepared pastry cases and top with grated cheese.
5. Bake in a 180 deg C oven (approx 350 deg F) for approx 15 mins or until golden brown and pastry is cooked.

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