Spinach and baked eggs tart
- Serves: 6
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 40 mins
Serve spinach and baked eggs tarts as a tasty starter when entertaining or as a main meal for the family.
Ingredients
450g/1lb ready made shortcrust pastry
2 tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 garlic clove
350g/12oz young spinach leaves, washed
2.5ml / 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
4 tbsp crème fraiche
50g/2oz gruyere cheese, grated
7 large British Lion eggs
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200C/Fan 180C/400F/Gas Mark 6. Cut the pastry into six pieces and thinly roll out each on a lightly floured board. Use to line six 10cm/4in fluted flan tins. Line with greaseproof paper and half fill with baking beans. Bake for 10 mins, remove the paper and beans and bake for a further 5 mins.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan, fry the onion and garlic for 2-3 mins or until soft, then add the spinach leaves, stirring to pack them into the pan. Cover and cook over a medium heat for 3-4mins or until all the leaves have wilted.
- Tip the spinach into a sieve and squeeze out the excess liquid. Return to the pan, add the nutmeg, 30ml/2tbsp crème fraiche, 1 beaten egg and half the cheese and plenty of salt and ground black pepper. Mix well.
- Divide the spinach between the pastry cases, making a well in the centre of each. Carefully crack an egg into the well in the centre of each, spoon 5ml/1tsp crème fraiche over each and sprinkle over the remaining cheese. Bake for 12-15 mins or until the tops are pale golden and the eggs just set, but the yolks are still a little runny. Serve warm with salad leaves.
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