{"id":9693,"date":"2021-05-11T17:32:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=9693"},"modified":"2021-05-27T16:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:53:39","slug":"caramelised-onion-samfa-mascarpone-crustless-quiche-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/caramelised-onion-samfa-mascarpone-crustless-quiche-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Caramelised Onion, Mushroom &#038; Mascarpone Crustless Quiche Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Veggies have come a long way since Meatless Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re celebrated on restaurant menus, supermarkets are lining up their shelves with veggie-based meals and home cooks have been fired up by fast and easy meatless meals. Top of the heap are umami-rich mushrooms. Not only are they spectacular in the flavour category, they\u2019re also low in fat, high in fibre and antioxidants and packed with vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate\u00a0Vegetarian Awareness Week (10 May &#8211; 16 May), we&#8217;ve highlighted some of our favourite recipes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/oriental-samfa-tacos-recipe\/\"><strong>Oriental Mushroom Tacos<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Caramelised Onion, Mushroom &amp; Mascarpone Crustless Quiche<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wholewheat-spaghetti-with-samfa-kale-and-hazelnuts-recipe\/\"><strong>Wholewheat spaghetti with mushrooms, kale and hazelnuts<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Caramelised Onion, Mushroom &amp; Mascarpone Crustless Quiche Recipe<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Serves 4 -6<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>15ml oil<\/li>\n<li>2 onions, peeled, halved and thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>5ml brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>15ml red wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>15ml butter<\/li>\n<li>350g mushrooms*, sliced (* either brown, portabellini or button or a mixture of mushrooms)<\/li>\n<li>2 cooked potatoes, peeled and cubed<\/li>\n<li>150g white cheddar cheese, grated<\/li>\n<li>salt and milled black pepper<\/li>\n<li>4 eggs<\/li>\n<li>250g mascarpone<\/li>\n<li>5ml fresh thyme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Method<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 180\u00b0<\/li>\n<li>Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onions over a low heat for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the sugar and vinegar and cook for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the onion mixture to a plate and return the pan to the stove.<\/li>\n<li>Add the mushrooms and fry over a high heat for 5 \u2013 7 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Spray an ovenproof frying pan or cake tin with non-stick baking spray.<\/li>\n<li>Layer the potatoes at the bottom of the pan followed by the mushrooms and onions.<\/li>\n<li>Top with the grated cheese and season well with salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl until well beaten and then beat in the mascarpone cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the egg mixture over the quiche mixture and top with thyme.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 35 \u2013 45 minutes, or until golden and set.<\/li>\n<li>Serve with grilled tomatoes for breakfast or a side salad for lunch.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veggies have come a long way since Meatless Monday. They\u2019re celebrated on restaurant menus, supermarkets are lining up their shelves with veggie-based meals and home cooks have been fired up by fast and easy meatless meals. Top of the heap are umami-rich mushrooms. Not only are they spectacular in the flavour category, they\u2019re also low&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9702,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9693\/revisions\/9702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}