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Baby pepper quiche with sun dried tomato

January 15, 2014 by Sarah / Maison Cupcake

Easy quiche using Maille mustard in filling via MaisonCupcake.com #tarts #pastry #peppers #recipes

Saturday mornings are often my cooking days, I like nothing more than assembling bits of leftover ingredients in the fridge before restocking with the weekly shop.

I say “weekly” shop however I am prone to skipping a week and doing it fortnightly. My habit resolute husband is generally horrifed by this, under the illusion we may be short of food if we don’t dash to the shops every weekend.

But the truth is, if we look deep into our storecupboards, there is often enough food to keep us going a while longer and certainly plenty of lovely things in jars. Certainly there was plenty of proof of goodies hoarded in cupboards in the last Random Recipes round up where food bloggers had been asked to bare their cupboards for readers to see.

I missed out on publishing my cupboard baring post in the post Christmas shenanigans but you would certainly have seen a selection of Maille products. Whenever I scour a French supermarket I can be sure to pop a jar of their Dijon mustard and vinegars in my trolley to bring back home.

I think I’ve mentioned on here before but I was introduced to French mustard from an early age when my uncle married a French lady and thereafter my grandma always placed a jar of brown French mustard on the dinner table alongside the bright yellow one we were familar with. Ever since, French mustard – which is milder than English – has been my preference.

Some of the new Maille products I’ve tried recently include:

  • Dried tomatoes with chilli pepper mustard
  • Pesto and rocket mustard
  • Parmesan and basil mustard
  • Sundried tomato vinegar

(I often buy their raspberry vinegar in France as it’s sold in a bottle that’s just the right size for a week’s self catering holiday!)

Easy quiche using Maille mustard in filling via MaisonCupcake.com #tarts #pastry #peppers #recipes

The good news is, Maille products are widely available in the UK and they’ve even opened their own mustard boutique in London’s Piccadilly Arcade. I’m due to visit this soon and will report back afterwards but in the meantime, do enjoy these easy family lunch dish suggestions each made with Maille mustard.

First up is this easy quiche made using pre-rolled pastry – I have got into the habit of buying one of these at least every other week, they’re excellent for bashing out a last minute puff pastry tart or in this case, a shortcrust pastry tart base. I like making my own pastry and am perfectly capable of doing so but I like shortcuts more 😉

I used miniature peppers in a bag from Tesco to make this but you could just as easily use standard peppers. I like the mini ones because they seem to keep longer and you can make a dish using several colours without using up 3 big peppers at once. By weight I’d say the price was competitive with the 3 packs of “value” peppers.

Each of the dishes in this post would work equally well for packed lunches and picnics.

Baby pepper quiche with sundried tomato Maille mustard
 
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Author: Sarah Trivuncic
Ingredients
  • 1 sheet pre-rolled shortcrust pastry
  • A little butter for greasing
  • ½ tub low fat crème fraiche
  • 3 large eggs
  • 8 miniature peppers of mixed colours (or 1 large one), thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp Maille sundried tomato and pimento mustard
  • 50g grated cheddar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 200c / gas mark 6. Toss the peppers in the olive oil and spread across a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Roast in the oven for 10 minutes then set aside.
  2. Meanwhile, grease the tart dish and line with short crust pastry leaving a raised edge of around 7mm to allow for pastry shrinkage.
  3. Using a sheet of parchment paper and baking beans, bake the case "blind" for 15 minutes.
  4. Remove the pastry case from the oven and carefully remove the paper containing the hot baking beans. Set aside whilst you prepare the quiche filling.
  5. In a pint jug, beat the eggs into the crème fraiche, then beat in the mustard.
  6. Scatter the roast pepper slices into the cooked pastry case. Pour over the crème fraiche, egg and mustard mix and finally sprinkle the grated cheese on top.
  7. Bake in the top of the oven for 10 minutes at 200c / gas mark 6 then reduce the heat to 180 c / gas mark 4 and bake on a lower shelf for a further 15 minutes.
  8. The quiche will be raised when it comes out of the oven but will level out upon cooling. May be eaten warm or cold.
Notes
You will need a 7inch tart dish and some baking beans
3.3.3077

Easy quiche using Maille mustard in filling via MaisonCupcake.com #tarts #pastry #peppers #recipes

Potato salad with mustard and olives

As a bonus today I’m offering you two recipes for the price of one! My mother always used to serve potato salad warm with salad cream, I think it may have been how her German mother served it for her. I am always attracted by potato salads dotted with pink flashes of red onion and studded with olives – I’ve seen similar in Jewish cookbooks. These green olives even have a matching pink tinge at their centres where the stone has been removed.

Rather than salad cream, I used a 50/50 mix of creme fraiche and Maille sundried tomato and chilli pepper mustard to coat the warm potatoes and then scattered over the diced red onion and sliced olives.  Around 50g (or half a small cup) of this mustard/creme fraiche blend is ample to cover 7-8 largeish Charlotte potatoes chopped into chunks. Anya or any waxy potato would work equally well.

Easy quiche using Maille mustard in filling via MaisonCupcake.com #tarts #pastry #peppers #recipes

Other serving suggestions for mustard:

In scrambled eggs, souffles, omelettes or frittata

To flavour salad dressings like these by Katie at Feeding Boys

In marinades for meat

As a topping for baked fish or grilled chops

In ham or beef sandwiches

In home made mayonnaise 

 

The list is endless – what is your favourite way to use mustard?

Easy quiche using Maille mustard in filling via MaisonCupcake.com #tarts #pastry #peppers #recipes

This post featuring Maille products was commissioned by Maille for a fee.

Filed Under: Branded Content, Party Food Ideas Tagged With: Packed Lunches, tarts, Tomatoes, vegetarian

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Comments

  1. Rosa Mayland says

    January 15, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    Scrumptious food! This mustard is really original.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 17, 2014 at 12:51 pm

      I can’t believe how many different flavours there are, it’s very versatile stuff.

  2. Fuss Free Helen says

    January 15, 2014 at 6:07 pm

    I love the Maille products and one of my favourite dishes is pasta with sausages and a mustard sauce. Delicious.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 17, 2014 at 12:52 pm

      That sounds good, I think my son would enjoy it too.

  3. Anshu Paul says

    January 16, 2014 at 10:39 am

    My husband simply love mustard sauce. Can’t wait to try this

  4. atriflerushed says

    January 16, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    I always stock up on my Maille goodies in France (I love the raspberry vinegar too), how wonderful that there is now a boutique in London (the Paris one is just heavenly.)

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 17, 2014 at 12:51 pm

      I visited the London boutique last night! It’s wonderful and I think I know where I’m getting next year’s Christmas presents from now!!

  5. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    January 17, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    Yum! This sounds delicious.

  6. Karen Burns Booth says

    January 17, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    It all looks perfect Sarah and I am able to buy all if the various Maille goodies in France all the time, so I do get rather blasé!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 18, 2014 at 10:38 am

      You’re lucky… although we do have Waitrose 😉

  7. Choclette says

    January 17, 2014 at 4:11 pm

    Peppers are just great for their colour, especially at this time of year when we all need cheering up. Like the inclusion of mustard into the quiche.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 18, 2014 at 10:37 am

      Yes they’re a little ray of sunshine, especially these dinky ones 🙂

  8. Jacqueline Meldrum says

    January 17, 2014 at 4:56 pm

    That looks wonderful Sarah. I love mustard esepcially French mustard. I was often caught as a child on the bunker with a teaspoon and a jar of French mustard, digging in.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 18, 2014 at 10:36 am

      Trying to work out what bunker is Scottish term for? Pantry? Worktop? Table? On the sly?!

  9. London-Unattached.com says

    January 17, 2014 at 6:55 pm

    My favourite maille is the honey one…yum!

  10. Nayna Kanabar (@SIMPLYF00D) says

    January 17, 2014 at 11:05 pm

    I love the quiche with the peppers added to it and sundried tomatoes also. Great combination of flavours.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 18, 2014 at 10:35 am

      You could use various flavours of their mustard and co-ordinate with different fillings very easily.

  11. Janie says

    January 18, 2014 at 8:24 am

    OMG a mustard boutique??? My tastebuds would be in heaven!

    Janie x

    PS I’ve never visited before your site before, so I’m off for a nosey 🙂

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 18, 2014 at 10:34 am

      Thanks Janie, I’ve just published lots of Maille boutique pics on Instagram, it certainly was mustard heaven 🙂

  12. Sylvia says

    January 18, 2014 at 3:54 pm

    This looks so delicious! I love all the ingredients so it’s on my list to try in the future 🙂 Sylvia x

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 20, 2014 at 11:59 am

      Thanks, do let me know how it comes out 🙂

  13. Galina V says

    January 18, 2014 at 5:14 pm

    I didn’t bare my cupboards as the world would have been shocked to see the clutter. Love Maille mustard. Great combination of flavours!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 20, 2014 at 11:59 am

      You’re too honest – I’d have tidied mine first

  14. Deena Kakaya says

    January 18, 2014 at 10:25 pm

    peppers, sundried tomatoes, egg, cheese…cant go wrong because it is utterly gorgeous. wonderful recipe x

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 20, 2014 at 11:58 am

      Thanks, it’s sunshine on a plate 🙂

  15. recipesfromapantry says

    January 19, 2014 at 8:47 am

    I love the idea of a raspberry vinegar. Lovely looking quiche.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 20, 2014 at 11:57 am

      It’s a pretty pink colour, more interesting than white wine vinegar, less overpowering than balsamic.

  16. Tina @ The Spicy Pear says

    January 20, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    Your quiche and potato salad look delicious Sarah. I’m a big fan of maille sauces and even use them in my coleslaw.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 24, 2014 at 4:56 pm

      Coleslaw is great suggestion! I will try that.

  17. Louisa Foti says

    January 21, 2014 at 8:30 pm

    Big Maille fan here, but had no idea of their enormous product range until I saw your Instagrams and this post. Their Dijon is a bit of a staple round here and when I lived in France had a serious addiction to the Maille mayo, thankfully I haven’t seen it here…but don’t want to look too hard. I’m betting the sun dried tommie mustard is sublime, and I do love a quickie quiche!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 24, 2014 at 4:55 pm

      I had no idea they had 30 odd mustards. I knew there were about 10 but 30+ staggered me. The shop is gorgeous, I will blog some pics soon.

  18. manjirichitnis says

    January 29, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    such lovely flavours, my OH is a great fan of English mustard , am going to try one of the new flavours soon! when are u planning on a visit to the Piccadilly Arcade ,would love a browse through with a fellow foodie !

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