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For the pastry

For the filling

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal584
  • fat36g
  • saturates15g
  • carbs55g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre2g
  • protein16g
  • salt1.17g
    low
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Method

  • step 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.

  • step 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.

  • step 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.

  • step 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.

RECIPE TIPS
GLUTEN-FREE FLOURS

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

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2002

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.41 ratings

bem16

Absolutely gorgeous. Used rocket instead of watercress and I only had half the amount of goats cheese in the fridge so I used grated mozzarella cheese I make up the shortfall. The gluten free crust turned out great. Will be making this regularly! Thanks.

kristiemayall90597

question

Might be a silly question but can I use normal plain flour same quantities and it will still come out ok?

India6

question

Can this be frozen?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes this is suitable for freezing. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

robinsonjill

It's tasty, but ludicrous amount of watercress in it, which would have been better reduced and chopped.

Tricia Cochrane

Loved it. I did make a few changes but it was delirando easy to make.

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