An all in one breakfast and most versatile, more than classic New Zealand favourite! This pie can be made in different shapes and sizes and enjoyed for breakfast fresh from the oven! It is made and enjoyed at home and served in coffee shops but can also be eaten cold for picnics or added to lunchboxes as a treat.
Pastry
4 sheets phyllo pastry
50 ml melted butter or margarine
Filling
250 g rindless bacon, cut into 2 – 3 cm strips
1 medium onion, halved cut into thin strips
12 whole eggs (small eggs are best for individual pies)
250 m cream or evaporated milk
125 ml hot milk (speeds up cooking)4 additional eggs
5 ml salt
2.5 ml black pepper
2 spring onions, finely snipped
125 ml grated Cheddar cheese
Garnish
greenery such as rocket and or fresh basil and baby tomatoes
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 ºC and brush the 12 cups of a muffin tin with melted butter or margarine.
- Fold the 4 sheets of phyllo pastry into thirds and cut on the fold lines. Stack the strips and fold into thirds again. Cut to make 36 squares.
- Brush 12 of the phyllo squares with melted butter or margarine and cover with 12 squares, points crossing the straight lines.
- Brush again and place neatly into the muffin tins to make pastry cases.
- Fry the bacon for a few minutes to release a little bit of fat and add the onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened.
- Spoon the bacon and onion into the pastry cases and break an egg into each.
- Beat together the cream or evaporated milk, hot milk, 4 additional eggs, salt and pepper and stir in the spring onion.
- Divide the mixture over the eggs and sprinkle with cheese.
- Place the last sheets of pastry over the tops, brush lightly with melted butter or margarine and carefully fold over the points of all the layers of phyllo pastry to cover the filling.
- Press down lightly and brush with melted butter or margarine.
- Bake the pies 15 – 20 minutes or until the pastry is golden and the filling and eggs have set.
- Cover the pies with foil if the pastry browns too soon or too much before the filling has set.
- Serve warm or cold as explained above.
12 pies