Who says pies can't be eaten at breakfast? It would be bang out of order to refuse a good brekkie pie, especially this tasty open number.
Breakfast pies with tomato chilli jam and crisp speck
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for breakfast pies with tomato chilli jam and crisp speck.
- 25 mins preparation
- 1 hr 10 mins cooking plus resting, cooling
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
- 40 gm butter, coarsely chopped
- 620 gm rindless bacon (about 10 rashers), finely chopped
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 360 gm farmhouse cottage cheese (see note)
- 14 eggs, plus 1 extra lightly beaten for eggwash
- 30 gm (¼ cup) finely grated parmesan
- To serve: roasted cherry-truss tomatoes and crisp speck
Parmesan pastry
- 400 gm plain flour
- 300 gm cold butter, coarsely chopped
- 30 gm (¼ cup) finely grated parmesan
Tomato chilli jam
- 10 vine-ripened tomatoes, scored
- 80 ml (1/3 cup) extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 Spanish onions, finely chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 80 ml (1/3 cup) sherry vinegar
- 75 gm (1/3 cup) brown sugar
- 2 small red chillies, finely chopped
Method
Main
- 1For parmesan pastry, process flour and butter in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add parmesan, process to combine, add 80ml iced water, process until dough comes together (add more water if necessary). Turn onto a lightly floured work surface, knead lightly to form a disc, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled (1 hour).
- 2Meanwhile, for tomato chilli jam, blanch tomatoes until skins split (1-2 minutes), refresh, drain, peel. Scoop out seeds (discard), finely chop flesh, set aside. Heat oil in a wide saucepan over medium heat, add onion and garlic and stir occasionally until soft (10-15 minutes). Add tomato and remaining ingredients and stir occasionally until thick (30 minutes). Makes about 500ml. Jam will keep refrigerated in an airtight container for 2 weeks.
- 3Meanwhile, heat butter in a separate saucepan over high heat until foaming. Add bacon, onion and garlic and stir occasionally until liquid evaporates and bacon browns (20-30 minutes). Transfer to a plate, set aside to cool (15-20 minutes).
- 4Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200C. Whisk cottage cheese and 6 eggs in an electric mixer until incorporated, then pass through a coarse sieve into a bowl, pushing all lumps of cheese through. Add parmesan and bacon mixture, season to taste and set aside.
- 5Divide pastry into 8 pieces and, working with one piece at a time, roll each into a 4mm-thick, 25cm-diameter circle and line eight 375ml-capacity buttered and floured ramekins, letting pastry overhang by 2cm. Divide bacon mixture among ramekins, make an indent in centre with a spoon and break an egg into each. Fold in overhanging pastry, brush pastry with eggwash and bake until golden and cooked through (15-20 minutes). Serve immediately with tomato-chilli jam, roasted cherry-truss tomatoes and crisp speck.
Notes
Note Farmhouse cottage cheese is a dry-style cottage cheese, available from select delicatessens.