Use a 22 cm diameter plate. (As can maybe be seen in the photo, the one I used – 24 cm – was a bit too big).
This requires a bit more work than one – or at least I – would normally put into making a pie or quiche, but I found it well worth the extra effort. The caramellised onions go very well with the flavour of goat cheese.
The base:
100 g oat flour
100 g rice flour
1 egg
65 g coconut oil or butter
2-3 tblsp water
1 pinch salt
Filling:
200 g hokkaido in cubes
1 tblsp olive oil
Salt and pepper
2 large red onions and a sprig or two of thyme
1 tblsp butter
1 tblsp honey
1 tblsp apple cider vinegar
125 g mushrooms (e.g. chanterelles – or as in this case: 40 g dried shiitake, re-hydrated)
1 tblsp butter
1 sprig rosemary
Salt and pepper
2 eggs
125 g soft, well-ripened goat cheese
- Mix all ingredients for the base and add water if needed. The dough is best pressed into the tin (24 cm). Bake at 200 C hot air for 12-14 minutes.
- Mix the pumpkin cubes with oil, salt and pepper and place them in one layer on baking paper. Bake at 200 C for about 20 minutes.
- Cut the red onions into thin wedges. Sizzle in butter with the thyme till they start to turn opaque. Add honey and apple cider vinegar and caramellise, about 8 minutes.
- Trim and rinse the mushrooms and cut them in smaller pieces. Fry in butter with finely chopped rosemary till they soften and turn golden. Season with salt and pepper.
- Whisk the eggs with the goat cheese and add freshly ground black pepper.
- Spread the caramellised onions on the pre-baked base, then distribute the pumpking pieces and the mushrooms, and finally pour over the egg/goat cheese mixture and bake at 200 C hot air for about 15 minutes or till the filling sets.
NOTE: If you are chili freak like me, you can either add some chili flakes to the onion mixture while it caramellizes, or some form of chili sauce to the egg/goat cheese mixture.