Halloween Pumpkin Quiche-white night, pumpkin carving and an extra hour in bed

Hannah's Challange

Halloween is upon us and to celebrate 'The year in Eggs' incorporated this theme into it's egg making challenge.  Friday evening was spent at a pumpkin carving party.  My pumpkin was somewhat put to shame by the excellent artwork of the other guests but I do feel that my pumpkin has a certain juvenile charm about it. On Saturday we went shopping at Emaus second hand emporium, where we stumbled across a perfect musical accompaniment to Halloween Eggs. 

This week we also had a guest to participate in the eating of eggs.  Alan's Dad had joined us this has boosted my score as guests are generous in their rating of eggs.  Alan and his Dad have gone to London to watch and American football match (I must admit I forgot to ask who was playing).

I got the idea for the pumpkin quiche from thelittleteochew.blogspot.com.

Ingredients
 4x eggs

2/3rds of a small pupmkin
150ml creme fresh
50 ml milk
1 red onion
50g spinach (blanched)
1 clove garlic (chopped very finely)
1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard
small handful chopped fresh corriander
about 75g of Gorgonzola (I just used what was left in the packet)
Packet of short crust pastry (the purists amongst you may wish to make your own)

1. Pre heat oven to 190 degree celsius  Cut pumpkin into slices and roast for 1 hr.  Peel the skin off after and chop into bite size pieces

2. Whisk together the eggs, cream, milk, herbs and mustard. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.

3.  Grease the quiche tray and place the pastry in the tray.

4. (Bake the pastry blind for 5 to 10 minutes this is something I did not do and subsequently the pastry on the bottom was slightly under cooked) place the vegetables and cheese on the pastry and then pour over the egg and cream mixture.

5. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes

We sampled this quiche with salad, potato wedges and a glass of Aspall cider.  After this feast we went out and enjoyed the streets of Brighton, as it was White night.

Marking Category	Hannah	Alan	Murray
Presentation	3.5	3.5	4
Innovation	3.75	3.75	4
Quality of egg	4	4	3.5
Taste	3.5	4
Total	14.75	15.25	15.5

Alan- Innovative combo of blue cheese and pumpkin

Hannah- Presentation of the quiche was a bit slapdash, the use of the pumpkin boosted the marks for presentation but without this the presentation was a bit sloppy.

I hope you have a good rest of the Halloween weekend, oh, and Goodbye October

Hannah