Goat's cheese & watercress quiche

Goat's cheese & watercress quiche

A goat's cheese and watercress quiche that's gluten-free and truly flavoursome

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Takes 50-60 minutes, plus chilling

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Gluten-free

Method

  1. Put the flour and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the egg and about 1-2 tbsp water to form a soft dough. Knead well then wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Knead the pastry again and roll it out to line a 20cm loose-bottomed flan tin (the pastry won't shrink, so no need to chill). Patch holes with spare pastry and brush the base and sides with egg.
  3. For the filling, fry the onion in the oil until just soft, add the watercress and cook until just wilted. Beat the eggs and milk and stir in the watercress mixture and goat's cheese.
  4. Season and if you like, add a pinch of nutmeg. Put the flan tin on a bakingsheet and bake the pastry blind for 5 minutes. Add the filling and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 180C/gas 4/ fan 160C and cook for 25-30 minutes or until lightly set.
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Gluten-free flours

Our favourite gluten-free flours are DS Dietary Specialities and Doves Farm.

Per serving

584 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 55g, fat 36 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 2g, salt 1.17 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2002.

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  • 18 November 2007

    maccasmissus rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    made this for a summer lunch and it was enjoyed by all, have since made it again and used spinach instead of watercress which seemed to work.

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  • 29 April 2008

    tdhirh rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    great, absolutely hit with the family!

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  • 01 November 2008

    Cookie Carrie commented on this recipe

    Great recipe. I used Mrs Crimbles pastry mix for the base which was really easy and soooo tasty.

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  • 20 November 2008

    Ellie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I absolutely loved this! It was so easy to make and was enjoyed by all! I used doves farm plain gluten-free flour.

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  • 26 February 2009

    hayfaa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    great recipe! I added a bit leek as well. also I didn't have enough goat cheese so I used some leftover lancashire cheese, it seems ok. :-)

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  • 12 April 2009

    Neostarr rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I'm a useless cook but even I managed this one. It tastes as good as the real thing and I'm very impressed =)

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  • 26 September 2009

    kstate rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this with spinach instead of the watercress (not readily available around here), and it didn't last long. A great gf recipe!

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  • 11 November 2009

    pocahontas rated this recipe

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  • 07 April 2010

    Little Chef Team rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Nice recipe, instead of watercress we used spinach. And it was awesome!

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  • 02 September 2010

    Paula Biss commented on this recipe

    Any tips on making gluten free pastry - doesn't seem as easy as ordinary pastry!

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  • 28 October 2010

    simplysugarandglutenfree. rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy, delicious, and a hit with everyone! Thanks!

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  • 02 December 2010

    Sonali rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was lovely, and very easy to make. It also froze very well. Not everyone who ate it is a fan of goat's cheese, though. Does anyone know of a good alternative cheese to use? Would feta or ricotta work, does anyone know?

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  • 04 April 2011

    Anndiner rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made it last weekend, and it was eaten immediatly. Next time I'm gonna try to replace the goat cheese with something else

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  • 18 May 2011

    ccdarien rated this recipe

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  • 18 May 2011

    caroline rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very tasty The watercress was so much better than the spinach used in similar recipes. I will definitely make this again.

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  • 08 June 2011

    Shaz53 commented on this recipe

    I have made this quiche on a number of occasions - absolutely lovely. I did think that the goats cheese was too strong so I added some soft blue (cambazola) which worked really well.

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  • 08 June 2011

    Shaz53 rated this recipe

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  • 03 August 2011

    colette commented on this recipe

    Made this today and it went down well. I added a pinch of cayenne pepper to give it a kick and used shop bought pastry. Still yummy though!

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  • 14 June 2012

    Sarlizelle rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is one of my favourite quiches now. I sometimes use rocket instead of watercress which adds a bit of zing.

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  • 29 July 2012

    Sarah C commented on this recipe

    Thank you for this recipe! I've always avoided quiche as I'm not a fan of eggs. But I've also always thought it was such a brilliant, versatile culinary creation! This version isn't eggy at all and I loved it. I made it with spinach and grated courgette instead of watercress and also mixed in a bit of cheddar. Yum! P.S. I only had ground nutmeg, but it worked a treat.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Takes 50-60 minutes, plus chilling

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Gluten-free

Gluten-free and vegetarian

Ingredients

FOR THE PASTRY

  • 225g gluten-free flour , plus extra for rolling
  • 100g butter
  • 1 large egg , beaten, plus extra beaten egg for brushing

FOR THE FILLING

  • 1 medium onion , finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 100g watercress , roughly chopped
  • 2 large eggs
  • 150ml milk
  • 150ml log soft rindless goat's cheese , in rough chunks
  • freshly grated nutmeg , optional
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584 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 55g, fat 36 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 2g, salt 1.17 g

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