Soy Free Vegan Quiche

While I don't generally imitate many non vegan foods (save for the occasional "cheese"), one thing that I've missed most since giving up soy has been the vegan omelette and vegan quiche that I used to make.

I've been working on perfecting a soy free omelette for some time, but have still not gotten quite to what I want it to be. If I make it too thin, it sticks to the pan and falls apart, if it's too thick, it tastes more like a flat bread and is just too dense. It's close but not quite ready for sharing.

So instead, I decided to put that aside for a little bit and use the batter in a similar fashion to create a vegan quiche. I decided to keep mine crustless, but you can very easily make a simple flour, water, oil crust to press into the pie pan and par bake before adding filling, then follow the same instructions. This quiche will serve 4 people, or in my case one hungry person who skipped breakfast and couldn't stop eating it because it was so flavorful and delicious.







Soy Free Vegan Quiche

Ingredients

Filling of your choice (I chose to sautee diced zucchini and mushrooms with minced garlic, thyme, basil, cumin and coriander, but you can mix it up and even keep your veggies raw when going into the quiche)

1/2 C garbanzo flour
2 T potato starch (arrowroot or tapioca are fine)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp tumeric
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp curry powder
2 T nutritional yeast
dash of white pepper
dash of cayenne
1/8 tsp tarragon (optional)
1 C water or vegetable stock
1/4 tsp dijon

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9" round pie pan.

Whisk together all the dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Add water and dijon and whisk until smooth. It will resemble a slightly thin pancake batter.

Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan, then layer with your veggies. Smooth evenly throughout the pan. Top with remaining batter.

Bake for 45 minutes, or until lightly browned on top and firm to the touch. Allow to cool 5 to 10 minutes before slicing.