Cheese Quiche
Children like the idea of having their own personal portion of something, and this cheese quiche has that combination of cheese and sweetcorn that children tend to enjoy. This gluten free cheese quiche recipe is a good addition to lunchboxes.
Xanthan gum is a fine powder that helps gluten-free flour to hold together better in pastry and cakes. It is usually found in health-food stores.
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Cheese Quiche
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IngredientsGluten Free Pastry165 g (6oz) rice flour
Filling 3 tbsp tinned and drained sweetcorn
MethodTo make the pastry, sift together the flours, xanthan gum, salt and cayenne pepper. Put into a large bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture looks like sand, then stir in the two cheeses. Add the egg and mix to a dough, adding a few drops of cold water if necessary. (For a food processor put all the ingredients except the egg in the bowl and pulse 8–9 times until the mixture looks sandy. Add egg and process until a ball of dough forms on the blades.) |
Roll out to £1 coin (1/2 cm/1/4 in) thickness and cut out circles using a 9 cm (3 1/2 in) cutter. Use a palette knife to lift the pastry circles and gently ease into the cups of a non-stick muffin tin. Re-roll trimmings and cut to make a total of 12 quiches. If any cracks appear then patch with small pieces of pastry. Chill for 30 minutes, until the pastry is firm.
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Divide the sweetcorn, spring onions and tomato among the pastry cases. Put the milk and eggs in a jug, and whisk to combine thoroughly then season to taste with salt and pepper. Carefully pour the egg mixture into the pastry cases, being careful not to over fill. Bake for 20–25 minutes, until the filling is slightly puffed and the pastry is golden. Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes.
Carefully remove the tarts from the tin using a palette knife and cool on a wire rack. Transfer to the fridge as soon as possible, if not eating immediately. If cooking from frozen, defrost overnight in fridge. To reheat tarts, warm in a low oven for about 10 minutes.
Information
Preparation time: 25 minutes plus chilling
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Suitable for freezing
Makes 12 mini quiches
wrote on 27 Nov, 2009.
I am looking for some advice please. My 14month old boy, has cow's milk protein intolerant, therefore we eliminate all dairy from diet. He is on a prescription milk - cow&gate pepti junior. He has been in and out of hospital, had a barium meal, endoscopy, biopsy's taken, and been diagnosed with acid reflux and esophagitis!
He simply does not want to eat and is still projectile vomiting. he is still being fed pureed foods, won't tolerate lumps, textures etc and no matter what dietitian, or speech and language therapist says, nothing seems to help us with feeding...........it is a massive strain and a very unhappy time for us all. We are now not coping well with this! Can anyone help with feeding or new recipes for us to try. He is on various medication, this is not helping either with the vomitting.
Thanks
Nicola
wrote on 9 Sep, 2010.
Hi, my daughter has reflux too, she has down syndrome and was tube fed up to 7 months old. Eating is a tricky thing, she is only just having food with the occasional lump!! but even if the food is pureed as long as u get the essential vitamins etc and the weight is ok i really would not panick to much. It will all work out in time. Unfortunatly not alot can b done with the medication for used for reflux, which apparently tends to get better but takes a couple of years to do so. Im assuming he has a piedatrician at the hospital? I do no there are thick shakes available on script that they use for other illness that contain high amounts of nutrition and are thicker therefore the tummy has to work harder to digest, therefore keeping the acid busy. Maybe its worth asking about? My daughter is on a high calorie dieat as at14 months old she just weighs 14lb 11oz. I understand how u feel, but just stay relaxed as this will also help him relax. If he sees u getting upset he will too. Just keep making it as fun as possible, even share your plate of food with him, even if he just spites it out. I no this is not much help, but maybe noing u r not alone is a help in its self. xxxxx
wrote on 27 Nov, 2009.
I am looking for some advice please. My 14month old boy, has cow's milk protein intolerant, therefore we eliminate all dairy from diet. He is on a prescription milk - cow&gate pepti junior. He has been in and out of hospital, had a barium meal, endoscopy, biopsy's taken, and been diagnosed with acid reflux and esophagitis!
He simply does not want to eat and is still projectile vomiting. he is still being fed pureed foods, won't tolerate lumps, textures etc and no matter what dietitian, or speech and language therapist says, nothing seems to help us with feeding...........it is a massive strain and a very unhappy time for us all. We are now not coping well with this! Can anyone help with feeding or new recipes for us to try. He is on various medication, this is not helping either with the vomitting.
Thanks
Nicola
wrote on 24 Mar, 2009.
My son is allergic to many food (nuts, eggs, soya, fish, shellfish, seeds. As you can imagine it does restict his diet. However I must disagree with Annables decision to brand her book for such allergy sufferers one for 'fussy eaters' My son is far from fussy and would love to tuck into a big slab of cake or a ceral bar. I have had many an argument with other parents who alledge I am making my son fussy. The fact is, if he eats any of these foods, I have to stab him with an epi pen and off we go to hospital. It is a life threatening condition and not simply down to being fussy!
wrote on 15 Mar, 2009.
my son has food allergies i find it very difficult to make him a selection of food! he is allergic to milk egg and wheat. zoe x