Mini Crab Quiches with Crab and Lime
Bite size crab-lime-quiche-bliss
These Mini Crab Quiches are delightful airy little bites with a subtle zesty flavour. These tiny quiches come together in no time at all; they can be made in advance; served at room temperature.
They really are fabulous appetizers for a party or picnic. (Together with a couple of nice wines and a few more nibbles they will even turn your home owner meeting into a party…..as I discovered the other week).
Ingredients
(slightly adapted from ”Kitchen Classics: Picnic Hamper”)
36 mini quiches (I have never tried but expect you should have about 12-16 muffin size quiches)
Puff pastry – about 3 sheets of ready-made puff pastry (or 1/6 of a batch of rough puff pastry)
2 eggs
185ml cream
zest of 1 lime
3 tsp lime juice
200g crabmeat (1 can)
1 tbsp chives, chopped
pepper, salt
Recipe
- Heat oven to 210C.
- Cut circles out of pastry and line muffin tin.
- Whisk eggs briefly. Add remaining ingredients.
- Spoon mixture into prepared muffin tin.
- Bake 20-25 minutes until golden.
- After removing the quiches from the oven tip each muffin slightly. This will make sure the pastry is flaky (instead of soft) after cooling.
- Allow to cool to room temperature.
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These look gorgeous!
Thank you! I actually made another lot for a party this weekend and they were gone within no time.
Another great recipe. I love the simplicity of this recipe. You have many great recipe waiting for me to try out….
I guess that is one good thing about not posting regularly – the old favourites get some attention 😉 Glad you like the recipe. It really is one of those store cupboard life savers that can be whipped up in no time when you have unexpected guests.