Oat Flan Pastry

Ingredients

• 120 g spelt flour or wheat flour, or 120 g gluten free baking flour blend, or 40 g coconut flour
• ¼ tsp fine sea salt or fine pink Himalayan salt
• 120 g jumbo porridge oats, gluten free if required
• 120 g butter, lard, or coconut oil, cut in pieces if solid
• 1 medium egg or 50 g water
• 10 g liquid whey (from making your own Greek yoghurt) or freshly squeezed lemon juice

Method

1. Grind flour, sea salt and oats Turbo/2 sec/1 time (or grind Turbo/2 sec/2 times for larger quantity).
2. Add butter and mix 3 sec/speed 6 (or mix 4 sec/speed 6 for larger quantity).
3. Add egg and whey, then mix 5 sec/speed 5 or until pastry is JUST clinging together. Transfer to a round 22 cm diameter loose bottom tart tin or ceramic quiche dish (28 cm for larger quantity) and press evenly across base of tin/dish and up the sides, then cover and place in fridge to chill at least 30 minutes or up to several hours/overnight (see 3rd and 4th tips) until ready to fill and bake.

Janie’s Tips

1. To make a larger quantity for a 28 cm diameter quiche tin/dish,  use 180 g oats, use 180 g flour or 60 g coconut flour, use 180 g butter/lard/coconut oil, use 15 g whey or lemon juice, use a large egg instead of a medium egg or use 75 g water.
2. Chilling the pastry helps prevent it from shrinking during baking.
3. Making this pastry at least 6 hours ahead makes it taste even better, and will also make it more digestible and more nourishing. Oats, spelt and wheat, like other grains, deliver more nutrition if they are prepared properly – they need to be ‘soaked’ with a slightly sour liquid for at least 6 hours, which is why I add whey or lemon juice.
4. For gluten free (GF), use coconut flour or gluten free baking flour blend, and use gluten free oats. Use the egg instead of water to add protein as it helps make a GF pastry less likely to crumble.
5. For dairy free (DF), use lard or coconut oil instead of butter, and use lemon juice instead of whey.
6. For vegetarian, use butter or coconut oil instead of lard.
7. For vegan, use coconut oil instead of butter or lard, use water instead of egg, and use lemon juice instead of whey.