Lovage Crustless Quiche

These mini crustless quiches are delightful. They’re made with tomatoes and citrusy fresh lovage and are served up with potatoes, green beans and mint.

 

Serves 2

Ingredients: 100g Cherry tomatoes, 1 spring onion, 10g lovage, 100g purple potatoes and 150g new potatoes, 75g green beans, sprig of mint.

From the Larder: 3 eggs, 50g cheese (cheddar), 25 ml milk, pinch of salt and pepper, butter for greasing the tin (optional: smoked salmon or sliced ham cut into small pieces).

Instructions:

  • Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C.
  • Slice the tomatoes and spring onion and chop the lovage leaves. Grease or line with grease proof paper 4-6 cupcake tin moulds.
  • Beat eggs, milk, grated cheese, salt and pepper together. Stir in the spring onions, lovage and tomatoes (and optional salmon/ham) and then pour into the prepared moulds dividing the mixture equally between them. Fill moulds until just level with the top, do not over-fill.Crustless quiche mix in a bowluncooked in tin
  • Place in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes until quiches are set, golden and puffed up.cooked quiches in tin 2
  • Meanwhile, slice potatoes into small chunks and place in sauce pan of water. Bring to the boil and cook for about 10-12 minutes until they are soft to poke with a knife.
  • Top, tail and halve the green beans and add to the potatoes for the last 4 or so minutes of cooking and then drain them both.
  • When the quiches are cooked, take out of the oven and carefully remove from the tins.
  • Serve quiches with potatoes and beans with torn mint, a drizzle of oil and a pinch of salt.plated landscape overhead 4

Rainbow Summer Salad

Ingredients: 100g tomatoes, 1 baby cucumber, 5 radishes, 15g lovage, 15g parsley, 1 spring onion, 3 baby peppers.

Larder: 400g tin of chickpeas or butter beans, 4 tbsp olive oil, juice of half a lemon, ½ tsp salt, (optional 160g tin of tuna and pita bread). 

Instructions:

  • Slice the spring onion and radishes. Chop the pepper into 1cm chunks. Quarter the tomatoes, quarter the cucumber lengthways and then cut into 1cm chunks. Finely chop the lovage and parsley.
  • Combine all the chopped veg and greens in a salad bowl. Drain, rinse and add the tin of chickpeas or butter beans.
  • Make a dressing: whisk together the oil, lemon juice and ½ tsp salt and mix into the salad.
  • Drain the tin of tuna and divide the salad and tuna between 2 plates.
  • Serve salad with toasted pita bread or crusty bread and eat up!