Vegan Spinach Cherry Tomato Quiche Food

VEGAN SPINACH & CHERRY TOMATO QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. To make the pastry, mix the flour and mustard powder with a generous pinch of salt in a large bowl. Drizzle in the olive oil, stirring continuously until evenly dispersed through the flour mixture. Slowly stir in 6-8 tbsp water to bring the pastry together.
• Roll the pastry out between two sheets of baking parchment into a 3mm-thick circle and use it to line a 22cm tart tin. Chill for 20 mins. Line the pastry case with baking parchment and fill with baking beans. Bake for 15 mins. Remove the parchment and beans and bake for another 10 mins until the pastry is golden and dry.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. For the filling, tip the tofu, nutritional yeast, turmeric, white pepper, onion granules, cornflour and 1 tsp salt into a food processor. Blitz together briefly, then, with the motor running, slowly add the milk until you have a smooth, thick filling (this may take a few minutes). If the food processor starts to strain, add an extra 1 tbsp milk. Scrape the filling into a large bowl and stir in the shredded basil leaves. Taste and adjust the seasoning, if needed.
• Heat the olive oil in a non-stick frying pan and cook the spinach, cherry tomatoes and thyme for 2-3 mins until the spinach has just wilted. Stir most of the tomatoes and spinach into the filling mixture, reserving a few tomatoes for the top of the quiche. Spoon the filling into the pastry case and smooth the surface with the back of the spoon. Press the reserved tomatoes into the top and bake for 30 mins until the quiche is golden and just set in the middle. Leave to cool for a few minutes, then scatter over a few extra basil leaves, slice and serve with a green salad.

SPINACH TOMATO AND FETA QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F
• Place pie shell on parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
• Heat 1/2 teaspoons oil in a small skillet on medium-high heat. Add shallot and cook until translucent. Cool and distribute evenly over pie shell.
• In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk and half the salt and pepper until combined. Stir in the cheddar cheese, spinach, and basil, and pour into the pie shell.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, toss tomatoes with remaining oil, salt and pepper.
• Remove quiche from oven and reduce heat to 375°F Place tomatoes on baking tray with quiche and return to oven. Bake for 30 minutes until quiche is golden brown and firm to the touch.
• Let rest 5 minutes before cutting into 8 slices and top each with a few roasted tomatoes and crumbled feta.

SPINACH TOMATO QUICHE (CRUSTLESS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Lightly grease or spray with Pam a 9-inch pie plate.
• Press all the water out of the thawed spinach.
• Combine cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, spinach, eggs, oil, salt and pepper.
• Pour half of the mixture into the lightly greased pie plate.
• Arrange tomato slices over spinach.
• Cover with the remaining spinach mixture.
• Bake 40 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

SPINACH, TOMATO AND FETA QUICHE

Steps:

• Two hours before you want to make the quiche, take the dough out of the freezer to defrost.
• When you're ready to start, lay the dough into either a 10 inch quiche or springform baking pan, making sure you have enough dough to form a crust around the edge.
• The crust should come 1 to 1 1/2 inches up the side of the pan.
• Crumble the feta cheese onto the bottom of the crust.
• Pour the olive oil into a saucepan and, when it is heated, throw in the spinach and cook until wilted.
• Spread the spinach over the feta cheese.
• Beat the eggs, garlic and creme fraiche together.
• Pour over top of the feta cheese and spinach.
• Place cherry tomatoes on top of the quiche.
• Sprinkle chives and ground pepper on top.
• Bake at 350 F or 180 C for 45 minutes.