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Serves 5 Prep  10 mins Cooking 10 mins Easy  
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Ingredients

2 Courgettes
2 carrots
1 shallot, finely diced
4 eggs
300ml milk
2 tbsp thick creme fraiche
28g (1 oz) melted butter
1 tbsp flour


Great with roasted sweet potato wedges. Wash 3 sweet potatoes and microwave on 850W for 8 minutes. Peel and cut into wedges. Drizzle with 2 tbsp of olive oil and cook for 30 minutes in the oven at  200C/ 180C Fan/ Gas 6.
  1. Peel the carrots and top and tail the courgettes. Wash and grate the vegetables, then sweat them in a non-stick pan for 2 mins at low heat without adding any fat. Add the onion and pepper and mix well.

  2. In a bowl mix the eggs, the flour, the milk and the cream and add the cooked vegetables. Butter the ramekins and fill them.

  3. Cook for 10 mins in a microwave oven at 850W and serve straight away.

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