Ingredients
- 300g (10oz) shortcrust pastry
- 100g (4oz) ham, chopped
- 100g (4oz) mature Cheddar, coarsely grated
- 3tbsp double cream
- 1 medium hen’s egg, beaten
- 1tbsp freshly chopped parsley
- 6 ducks’ (or very large hens’) eggs
- handful wild rocket, to serve
- olive oil and lime juice, to drizzle
you will need
- six 10cm (4in) fluted tartlet tins
Method
Heat the oven to 200C, 180C fan oven, 400F, gas 6. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line the tins. Prick the bases and chill for 10 minutes. Line the tins with scrunched foil and bake blind for 5 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for 5 minutes more.
Mix together the ham, cheese, cream and hen’s egg, season, add the parsley and spoon around the edges of the tartlets (leaving a gap in the centre for the duck egg).
Carefully break a duck egg into the centre of each tartlet and bake for 20 minutes or until set. Serve warm with wild rocket drizzled with olive oil and lime juice (to cut through the richness of the quiche).
-
Easter carrot cake recipeOur Easter carrot cake recipe makes a four-layered cake packed with fruit, nuts, and coconut. We think this might just be the best carrot cake ever!
-
Easter biscuits recipe
Use our simple Easter biscuits recipe to make fun, spring time sweet treats to share with friends and family
-
Simnel cake recipe
Make this Simnel cake recipe up to a week ahead of when you want to eat it for a quick and easy pudding when you're hosting
-
Easter carrot cake recipe
Our Easter carrot cake recipe makes a four-layered cake packed with fruit, nuts, and coconut. We think this might just be the best carrot cake ever!
-
Easter biscuits recipe
Use our simple Easter biscuits recipe to make fun, spring time sweet treats to share with friends and family
-
Simnel cake recipe
Make this Simnel cake recipe up to a week ahead of when you want to eat it for a quick and easy pudding when you're hosting
-
Why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle don't want to be included in royal 'balcony moment' at Queen's Jubilee
A royal expert has claimed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle don't want to be included in the Trooping of the Color at jubilee
-
Paul Hollywood admits he 'wouldn't have taken' Bake Off role if he'd known about the loss of his private life
The baker has been a judge on the show since 2010
-
Fans in shock as UK entry Sam Ryder comes second in the Eurovision song contest
Ukraine's entry the Kalush Orchestra, a Ukrainian hip-hop group, won this years competition
