Vegan broccoli & leek quiche with olive oil crust

September 6, 2015 by Ambika Yoga Leave a comment

Quiches are great food to make ahead when organizing a dinner party, you can freeze them or prepare the day before and warm them up before your guest arrive. Serve with a simple green salad with some cucumber or cherry tomatoes and a olive oil/ mustard/ lemon juice dressing, garnished with some toasted sunflower and/ or pumpkin seeds.

The vegetables can be varied according to the available seasonable produce. Blanch, stir fry and season your vegetables before adding them to the tofu mixture and putting the quiche in the oven.

Ingredients

Crust

• 200g wholegrain flour & 50g quinoa flour (or 250g wholegrain flour)
• 3 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 1 tbsp dried rosemary
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 125ml water
• 125ml extra-virgin olive oil

Filling

• 1 package of firm tofu
• soy milk (quantity = dependent on desired consistency)
• 1 medium-sized broccoli (about 250g)
• 2 or 3 leeks, chopped
• pinch of salt
• 2 tsp curcuma
• 1 tsp asafoetida (or fresh garlic)
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 heaped tbsp nutritional yeast
• olive oil

Preparation

1. Prepare the crust: sieve the dry ingredients in one bowl, mix the wet ingredients in a separate smaller bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, use a fork to mix. Knead lightly, then roll into a circular shape, big enough to reach across the bottom and the sides of a 26cm pie dish. Add non-stick paper to your pie dish, put the dough in the dish & refrigerate while making the filling.
2. Preheat the oven to 200°C (I use gas oven 6).
3. Wash and cut the broccoli into small florets (try to use as much as possible from the broccoli, you can also use the stem). Boil for 2 minutes (‘blancher’) and rinse with cold water, set aside.
4. Cut the leek in rings, wash and stir fry for a couple of minutes in some olive oil. Add the blanched broccoli and stir fry for 2 more minutes. Add 1 tsp of curcuma and 0.5 tsp of asafoetida, a pinch of salt en fresh pepper. Set aside.
5. Put the crust in the oven, blind bake it for about 15 minutes.
6. Make the filling mixture in a food processor or blender: blend the tofu with the rest of the spices, nutritional yeast and enough soy milk to make it into a creamy mixture.
7. Add the creamy mixture to the vegetables.
8. Take your crust out of the oven, lower the heat to 180°C (gas oven 5). Add the vegetable/ tofu mixture and put in the oven for about 30-35 minutes.
9. Take your quiche out of the oven, and leave it to cool off for about 5 minutes before serving it with the salad.