Mini Marmite Quiches

I was eating a quiche the other day and found myself thinking this would be ideal with Marmite (surprise, surprise) in both, the pastry and the mixture. So there we have it, the ‘Mini Marmite Quiches’ were born. They are ideal for snacks or finger party food. Delicious!

Ingredients Pastry

• 225g Plain flour
• 50g lard
• 50g butter
• water
• 4tsp Marmite

Add the flour lard and butter into a bowl and rub in with your fingers until the mixture resembles bread-crumbs. In a cup mix the Marmite with 3 or 4 tbsp of water. Add the water and Marmite mixture to the mix (a little at a time), stirring with a knife until it forms a stiff dough. Roll out on a floured board to about 1/2 a cm thick. Then cut out with a pastry cutter and place into a greased muffin tray.

Cook them on there own for about 5mins at 180º. Remove from the oven and add the filling.

Ingredients Filling

• 3 eggs
• 100g Mature Cheddar cheese grated
• 6 rashers of bacon cooked
• 4tsp Marmite
• 100ml Whole Milk
• 1tsp dried rosemary

Beat the eggs in a bowl, add the milk, Marmite and dried rosemary and mix until the Marmite has dissolved. Sprinkle the bottom of all the pastry cases with grated cheese and chopped bacon. Pour the mixture into the cases and fill . Place in the oven at 180º for approximately 25-30mins or until golden and cooked.

This recipe can be easily adapted to add the ingredients of your choice.  For example, instead of bacon , you could use broccoli for the vegetarians amongst us but, whatever you do, don’t take the Marmite out