Individual shortcrust pastries that fall somewhere between a Scotch egg and a Gala pie – super for a summer spread
Ingredients:
- little oil, for the tin
- 500g pack all-butter shortcrust pastry
- little flour, for dusting
- good knob of butter
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 8 rashers back bacon, trimmed of any fat and diced
- ½ tsp ground mace
- 2 large egg
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- 12 quail egg
- few pinches poppy seeds
Instructions:
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Grease each hole of a 12-hole muffin tin, then line each with a long strip of baking parchment. Roll out two-thirds of the pastry on a lightly floured surface and stamp out 12 x 10-11cm circles (you may need to re-roll trimmings). Press a circle into each hole to line. Wrap the remaining pastry in cling film.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the onion and bacon until the onion is softened and the bacon crisping and browning. Stir in the mace for 1 min, then transfer to a bowl to cool for 5 mins. Stir in 1 egg and the crème fraîche with plenty of seasoning. Divide mixture between the holes and press down firmly with the back of a spoon to make a dip in the middle. Crack 1 quail’s egg into each hole, then season lightly. Beat the remaining egg, then brush over the edges of the pastry.
- Roll out the remaining pastry and stamp out 12 x 6-7cm circles. Add a top to each pie, carefully pressing pastry edges together to seal – don’t let the egg escape. Brush with remaining egg and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake for 25-30 mins until golden. Cool in the tin, then carefully lift out using the parchment strips to help.
Bacon & egg pies • Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients:
- little oil, for the tin
- 500g pack all-butter shortcrust pastry
- little flour, for dusting
- good knob of butter
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 8 rashers back bacon, trimmed of any fat and diced
- ½ tsp ground mace
- 2 large egg
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- 12 quail egg
- few pinches poppy seeds
Bacon & egg pies Nutrition Facts:
• Diet:
• Calories: 189.01
• Fat: 261.98
• Carbs: 81.61
• Protein: 112.78
• Cholesterol: 490.17
• Calcium: 24.90
• Sodium: 136.79* E.g. 137.29 = 137mg or 137g – 29%
Nutrition Facts labels are not always factual.