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Delicious Sunny Picnic Quiches made with chorizo, pepper, and cheddar cheese. Perfect for making with children and ideal for lunchboxes!

Sunny Picnic Quiches on a platter and one cut in 2 on plate.

To celebrate the release of ‘Annie’ on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 27th April, I was challenged to develop a suitable recipe.

The film stars Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané, Wallis, and Cameron Diaz who bring the film up to date for a whole new generation.

“The sun will come out tomorrow” is a famous line from the song ‘Tomorrow’, so this is where I drew my inspiration from.

Annie - Sony Pictures

These Sunny Picinic Quiches are great for making with the kids and they can also enjoy them in their lunchboxes like mine have done.

By chance, it also happens to be National Picnic Day today so there is no excuse not to start singing (like I’ve been doing all week) and to get baking!

Sunny Picnic Quiches, National Picnic Day, lunchbox, child friendly, mini quiches, chorizo, peppers, cheddar

Just looking at these little quiches puts a smile on my face and better still they taste divine with their light puff pastry cases.

I’m sure Annie would have approved due to her sunny outlook on life. Hers is an inspirational story of rags to riches which I think in the current economic climate is particularly poignant!

I noticed that the Blu-ray & DVD feature sing-alongs including 5 iconic songs from the movie: “Hard Knock Life,” “Tomorrow,” “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here,” “Opportunity” and “I Don’t Need Anything But You.” This is my kind of movie as I don’t need much of an excuse to start singing and just like baking it’s good for the soul!

Annie, Blue-ray, DVD, release 27 April 2015

I do hope you and your kids will have a go at making these Sunny Picnic Quiches and let’s hope that the weather continues being sunny like it has been for the last couple of weeks!

Annie, Blue-ray, DVD, release 27 April 2015
A still from ‘Annie’.

I’m entering these mini quiches into the following blog challenges:

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If I’ve whet your appetite for mini quiches you might like to check out the following:

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Sunny Picnic Quiches

Delicious Sunny Picnic Quiches made with chorizo, pepper and cheddar cheese, perfect for making with the kids and ideal for lunchboxes!
Course Light Lunch
Cuisine British
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 14
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 375 g Pack of ready rolled puff pastry
  • 110 g Cheddar cheese grated
  • 45 g Spanish Chorizo slices chopped (the translucent type)
  • 7 Cherry tomatoes
  • ¼ Red pepper
  • ¼ Yellow pepper
  • ¼ Orange pepper
  • 3 Eggs large
  • 150 ml Semi-skimmed milk
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 190⁰C
  • Unroll the pastry sheet and give it a little roll with a rolling pin to make slightly thinner.
  • Cut out circles using a 10 cm pastry cutter and re-roll the rest of the pastry to make more circles until all the pastry is used up. (Should make 14 circles).
  • Press the pastry circles gently into the wells of 2 muffin trays.
  • Place the muffin trays in the fridge for the pastry to rest.
  • Meanwhile, slice 2 slices out of each cherry tomato.
  • Then slice the peppers into thin strips about 1 – 1 ¼ cm long (to fit around the tomatoes).
  • Whisk the eggs and then whisk in the milk and a pinch of salt.
  • Sprinkle half the grated cheese equally amongst the pastry cases (a thin layer), then add a layer of chopped chorizo and finish with the rest of the cheese followed by a grinding of pepper.
  • Pour the egg mixture into the cases ensuring they are all equally level.
  • Gently place a tomato slice into the centre of each case followed by alternate coloured slices of pepper to surround and form the sun rays. (Or if you haven’t the patience just scatter over).
  • Place in the oven for about 25 minutes or until the pastry is cooked and top golden.
  • Serve hot or cold.

NB: This is a commissioned post.

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  1. Julie McPherson

    These Sunny Picnic Quiches are the ultimate portable food, and absolutely perfect for a picnic. Commenting as BritMums Baking Round-up Editor. 🙂

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  11. kayleigh watkins

    my mum used to make a large quiche to take on picnics/days out so I definitely want to try to make these for my children thank you for a wonderful recipe xxx

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  13. Anne Wallwin

    these are lovely and ideal for picnics. Our plan this year is to spend more time outside as a family so picnics will definately be a big feature. I’d also put these in my son’s lunch box for school.

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    • Camilla

      Thanks Anne. My kids love having little quiches in their lunchboxes which I often make with the leftover pastry from the main quiche I’m making:-)

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  15. tracy sinclair

    These are lovely, i think the kids (and adults) would much prefer them this way, just the right size for picnics and lunch boxes x

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  20. Sarah Maison Cupcake

    I loved the original film and the remake looked great when I saw the trailer. Sadly not something Ted would agree to see so I’ll have to wait until it appears on telly at Christmas in 3 years’ time!!

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  23. Heather Haigh

    Those look really tasty and fun, making me want to go on a picnic now. Sadly it’s raining right now, but soon….

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  25. Suzy @ The Mediterranean Dish

    That is one of my favorite movies! Took my girls to watch it in the theater; can’t wait to own the DVD. Love these little sunny quiches so perfectly inspired by the song Tomorrow. And now I can’t get the song out of my head. “Tomorrow, tomorrow, it’s only a day away!!!” Love it!

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  26. Choclette

    Can’t stop singing Tomorrow now! Amazing how these songs we don’t think of from one year to the next, leap back at just a mention. Your quiches look super cute.

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