A Crustless Quiche

From our friend Sam...

I always thought that making a quiche needed some top secret culinary skills. Turns out it really isn't difficult.  I tried this crustless quiche recipe, and it was so easy I had to share it with all the unassuming cooks out there.

Crustless Quiche

4 eggs
4 tbsp flour, sifted
1 cup basic chicken (see recipe below) 
1 small onion chopped
1/4 cup red and green pepper
1 cup grated cheese
1 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp soft butter
2 tbsp oil
250 ml fresh cream 
1 tsp ground chillies
pepper
salt

Topping:
1 cup grated cheese
sesame seeds

Method:

1.  Preheat oven to 180°C

2.  Mix eggs and flour
3.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well (Note - apart from the chicken, nothing else needs to be cooked)
4.  Pour into greased oven dish 
5.  Add topping
6.  Bake for 30 minutes until golden

7.  Slice immediately, and allow to cool and set.

Basic Chicken

2 cups chicken fillet

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp garlic paste

2 tsp ground chillies

1 tsp crushed cumin

1/2 tsp lemon pepper

1 tsp sale

3 tbspn lemon juice

1/2 cup water

Method:

1.  Heat oil

2.  Cook garlic paste

3.  Add chicken

4.  Add remaining ingredients, and water as required, and cook.

Tip:

For a (slightly) healthier option, use reduced fat cream instead of fresh cream.

Tuna fish cakes

If there is one thing that I always have in my cupboards, it's a can of tuna. So really, it's only in best interests to find easy recipes using said can of tuna. Here's one that I tried out this week.



Tuna fish cakes

You will need the following:
- a can of shredded tuna, drained.
- a slice of bread, crumbed
- a quarter of a green pepper, sliced
- chopped spring onions (optional)
- a quarter onion sliced
- lemon juice
- salt
- black pepper
- two eggs

1. add the tuna,onions,bread and green pepper to a mixing bowl.
2. Sprinkle salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice.
3. Mix the ingredients together.
4. Beat two eggs and add to the mixture
5. Using a spoon or spatula form little cakes of the tuna mixture ( you should get about four)
6. Fry the tuna cakes on a low heat until slightly brown.

And you're done. I served them with vegetables and salad but you could put them in a burger bun.

If you have more cakes then needed, then simply wrap the individual unfried tuna cakes in cling wrap and freeze for another day :)