Butternut Squash and Leek Quiche
Recipe
Ingredients
Butternut Squash , Leeks , Shortcrust Pastry ( Flour ,Butter , Water ) , Milk Eggs , Salt Pepper
- Roasted butternut squash ( cut the squash into chunks and drizzle with oil roast at 200deg for approx 20 minutes )
- Make shortcrust pastry (200g flour crumbed with 100g butter and approx 10ml of cold water added slowly to form pastry .)
- Roll out and line a 15in tart/quich tin first lined with baking paper ( Quick tip scrunch up the baking paper into a ball first to easily line the tray , exact cutting not required.
- Meanwhile cook the leeks in a little butter til soft
- Beat three eggs into half a pint of milk . Season well with salt and pepper .
- Scatter leeks and butternut squash into a pastry case , pour over the eggs and milk and bake for 30 minutes at 175degC.
Next time I might add some walnuts . I love that these recipes come about solely from my vegebox which inspires me on a weekly basis to think …. not exactly outside the box more around the box.
Butternut Squash Stuffed with leeks ,garlic , walnuts, fennel leaves and goats cheese
The leek /butternut combination I know to be good from whole roasted butternut squash in the winter ,
Roast the squash first in the oven at max for 20 mins ( wrap the squah in foil for speedy cooking) then open and and scoop out the flesh mix it with stuffing ingredients ( in this case leeks , garlic walnuts , fennel leaves and goats cheese . Return to oven and roast off for 15 minutes……………….
If you just want to cook butternut squash I like to cut into into chunks and roast with oil and cumin seed as a good accompanying vegetable
Smoked Salmon and Leek Quiche
- Make Shortcrust pastry (200g flour mixed with 100g butter and cold water to form pastry .) Roll out and bake blind in a a 22in quich tin at 200deg for 15 mins.
- Meanwhile cook the leeks in a little butter .
- Beat three eggs into half a pint of milk .
- Season well with salt and pepper .
- Scatter leeks and smoked salmon over the baked pastry shell , pour over the eggs and milk and bake for another ten minutes. Serve with watercress salad
Girl Interrupted Eating 
This looks goood!! I love stuffed squash and have two onion squashes and plenty of leeks at home. Feels a bit wintrish but the weather is so awful in London it would work very well.
Trying the stuffed squash. Like the idea roasting whole then cutting, however even at 240 0c it’s taking a longer time than the 20mins – so i’ve put it in the microwave for another 15 mins !
added pumpkin seeds but made the mistake of adding some smoked tofu – my husband refused to eat it .