Cheese Pies

Cheese Pies

125ml butter
4 eggs, lightly beaten together
250ml grated mozzarella cheese
500g feta cheese, crumbed
12 phyllo pastry sheets

Preheat your oven to 190℃ and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
Add the butter to a bowl and melt it in the microwave oven.
Add the eggs to another bowl and beat together.
Add the grated mozzarella and feta to the eggs and mix together. Set aside.
Now lay one phyllo sheet on a work surface and brush all over with the melted butter.
Lay another sheet on top and brush again.
Spoon 125ml of the cheese mixture evenly across the length of the pastry, about 2cm away from the edge.
Fold the edge over the cheese and roll the pastry into a long log.
Now roll the log into a coil.
Place the coils on your prepared baking sheet and brush with the melted butter.
Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
Serve the cheese pies with a sweet sauce.

Chorizo and Paprika Quiche

Chorizo and Paprika Quiche

200g chorizo, casing removed and sliced
45ml butter
2 leeks, cleaned and sliced in discs
2 onions, sliced
1 x 400g frozen puff pastry
4 eggs
125g sour cream
50g parmesan cheese, grated
15ml flour
5ml smoked paprika

Preheat your oven to 200℃ and spray a 22cm diameter loose-bottom pie tin with baking spray.
Place a pan on medium-high heat and add the butter.
Add the chorizo, leeks and onion and cook for 15 minutes.
Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
Lightly dust a work surface with flour and roll the pastry into a 25cm diameter disc.
Line the prepared pie tin (base and sides) with the pastry and prick the base all over with the tines of a fork.
Line the pastry case with baking paper and dry beans/rice and bake for 20 minutes.
Remove the beans and paper and bake the shell for another 8 minutes.
Remove from the oven and lower the temperature to 180℃.
Add the eggs, sour cream, parmesan, flour and paprika to a mixing bowl and whisk together until smooth.
Spoon the chorizo mixture into the pastry shell and spread it evenly over the base.
Pour the egg mixture over and bake the quiche for 40 minutes.
Serve warm or at room temperature.