Goat's cheese & watercress quiche

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

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Takes 50-60 minutes, plus chilling

Vegetarian, Gluten-free

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.
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.
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.
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.

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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SJD

02 August 2012

SJD rated and commented on this recipe

Made this today for a garden party girl's lunch, and it went down very well indeed! I did cheat and use shop-bought ready rolled pastry, but other than that followed the recipe to the letter and it turned out really well. It's light creamy without being too cloyingly rich. So fab that I'm making another one tomorrow for my boyfriend.

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Ellie

29 August 2012

Ellie rated and commented on this recipe

Have made this twice now and each time was a great success. I used watercress and rocket and mixed in some blue cheese with the goats cheese. Used shop bought pastry but will make my own next time as I think it tastes better. Will definitely be making again.

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cookie49

01 January 2013

cookie49 rated and commented on this recipe

Made this with regular pastry for vegetarian guests, who loved it and shared with the meat eaters. Only the watercressphobe missed out (his loss!). Straightforward to make, I substituted brie for some of the goats cheese to make up the quantity, it was fine. And I'm not that fussed about quiche either, but this does it

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Laura

18 January 2013

Laura commented on this recipe

I also added some Stilton because I was afraid the mixture wouldn't be firm enough. It came out great and it was very delicious! Plus, it's very easy to make. Will definitely make it again soon.

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Laura

18 January 2013

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Katemcd24

25 March 2013

Katemcd24 rated and commented on this recipe

Added rocket instead of watercress, and pieces of bacon.

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