Vegan MoFo IV Day 29: Soy Free Vegan Quiche Recipe!

Been working on this over the weekend and I'm happy to share the recipe with you all now.

Soy Free Vegan Quiche

Wholemeal Pastry

Ingredients
7 ounces  wholemeal flour
3 1/2 ounces vegan margarine
6 Tablespoons water

Method
Place the flour into a bowl and add the margarine. Rub the margarine into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the water and gather together to form a dough. If the dough is too sticky just add some more flour until it all comes together nicely.

Roll out and use to line a 9 inch round pie plate.

Filling

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 leek, trimmed, sliced and washed

1/2 cup diced mushrooms

1/2 cup diced red pepper

handful spinach

1/2 cup vegetable broth (or water)

1 Tablespoon fresh thyme

8 scrapes nutmeg

1 teaspoon black pepper

3 cups mashed potatoes (made with salt and vegan margarine)

2 Tablespoons nutritional yeast

2 teaspoons black salt

1/4 teaspoon turmeric

Good pinch of saffron threads, steeped in 1 tablespoon warm water

Method

Heat oven to 200º, 400F.

Heat olive oil in a saucepan, add onion, garlic, leeks, peppers and mushrooms and cook on medium for 8-9 minutes stirring regularly. Add the spinach and half cup of vegetable broth (or water).

Stir well then add the thyme, nutmeg and black pepper. Cook through for another 5 minutes then take off the heat. 

In another pan reheat the mashed potato if you need to. Add the nutritional yeast, black salt, turmeric and saffron (water and threads) and give everything a really good stir.

Add the vegetables to the mashed potato and stir really really well.

Place the filling inside the pastry case and smooth the top down with a spautula. If you want to decorate the top go ahead, I use thinly sliced tomato for mine.

Bake for 30 minutes.

Eat hot or cold.

Vegan MoFo IV Day 18: Soy Free Vegan Quiche

Necessity is the mother of invention so they say and this was certainly true when I was craving quiche but had no tofu. I just used mashed potato instead and it was delicious!

I will have to make this again and actually write down the exact measurements to share with you all. Ahh the sacrifices I make......