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It is again that time of the year when, no matter where you are looking, all you can see are hearts! Chocolate hearts, gift boxes, cakes, cookies...everything shouts out loud I LOVE YOU!
Isn't that sweet???
Personally I am not too much into Valentine's day, but I do like to receive a small gift just as a small reminder.
I also like to make a nice dinner for my better half on Valentine's day, generally I cook something slightly fancy, special. However recently I have received many requests from people asking for easy/quick recipes to whip up for Valentine's, without braking the bank!
So here I came up with the idea of making 2 different starters (both shaped like a heart), using pretty much the same ingredients. A smart way to save some money but still impress your guests!
So let's make mini-heart-shaped quiche and vol-au-vents, shall we?
Ingredients:
For the mini- quiche!
Grab your puff pastry and let it sit on your kitchen counter until completely thawed
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Take the mushrooms
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wash them and slice them up
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In a skillet heat up one clove of garlic with 2 tbsp of oil
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add the mushrooms, season with salt and pour in the red wine
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Cook uncovered on medium-high for about 15 min. Add the chopped parsley and set aside.
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Now take the fresh spinach
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Wash them and cut them up
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In a skillet heat up 1 tbsp of oil with 1 tbsp of butter
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Add the spinach and stir well, season with salt, pepper and minced garlic
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Set aside
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then chop them up finely
In a bowl combine the egg, salt, pepper, 1 tbsp of parmesan cheese and the heavy cream. Beat up all the ingredients together for 1-2 minutes
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Grab one of this cute heart shape pan
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Roll out the puff pastry sheet, and cut it out into 2 big hearts. Place one into the pan, pressing well around the edges
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then place the chopped emmental cheese, mushrooms, spinach
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then pour in half of the egg mixture, fold the edges
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and bake at 180 C for about 20 min
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Repeat one more time to make the second quiche.
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Here you can see that one of my quich has a green color while the other does not, Why? I have deliberately done it to show you what are the differences you can get based on which order you lay the ingredients into your quiche. IN the first one I place:
1. cheese
2. mushrooms
3. spinach
4. egg mixture
thus the green color on top
In the second one I put:
1. cheese
2. spinach
3. mushrooms
4. egg mixture
thus the whitish color
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Now on to the heart-shaped vol-au-vents! Roll out the second disc of puff pastry and using cookie cutters, cut out hearts.
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Now take 3 of the hearts brush one with the egg-milk wash, then using a smaller cookie cutter, cut off the center of the other 2 hearts, brush them with the wash and place them on top of the first heart.
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Bake at 200 C for about 15-20 min or until the hearts are nice and buff and got a nice golden color. Remove from the oven and let them cool down.
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Meanwhile prepare the filling. In your blender put the sauteed spinach with the mascarpone cheese and a tbsp of grated Parmesan cheese
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and blend until you get a nice, smooth cream
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Place the cream into a pasty bag and fill up the center of your vol-au-vents then decorate with a few slices of mushrooms.
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Serve immediately!
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There you go you have 2 starters using exactly the same ingredients!
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Love
- LittleDani