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
& 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
- Prepare pan by spraying well with oil spray.
- Cut out pastry rounds from thawed pastry. (One sheet of pastry yielded 9 mini quiches.)
- Beat egg and add, ricotta, skim milk, spinach, garlic and salt & pepper. Mix well.
- Place tablespoons of mixture into prepared pastry cases and top with grated cheese.
- 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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I bet these are absolutely delicious!
I love the look of these. I agree frozen pastry is such a handy thing to have in the freezer.
I agree, I love me some puff pastry. Always good for a savoury or sweet fix.
JUST what I was looking for!!!
I have leftover spinach leaves and ricotta in the fridge I was wondering what to do with them 🙂 Perfect!
My stomach started growling when I saw these! I am going to have to try them. I think I am the only one who will eat them though. Do you think they would be okay to freeze after baking them?
Anne,I could pop several of these in my mouth right now,love spinach and cheese and puff pastry….good eats right there!!
Bite-size treats! These sound delightful and perfect to accompany a glass of wine!
Wow. these are almost like mini spanikopitas…..YUMMY I'll have to give these a go. There's also no filo dough required! 😀
Yum this sounds delicious. Love the small size of them.
These look super tasty!
I love the combination of flavors
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I am such a fan of puffed pastry. These little bites look delicious! Thanks for joining ON THE MENU MONDAY!
These sound absolutely delicious and will be a great dish to make for one of my cooking classes. Thanks so much for sharing.
Jane (Artfully graced)
Gorgeous little quiches for all sorts of occasions – thanks for sharing them.