Hey !
Here is the recipe of the zucchini, walnut, and goat cheese bread I made for the Easter Picnic ? It’s gluten free because my mother is allergic to gluten, so for her to be able to eat it, I made it with a mix of walnut flour and rice flour !
I had a really hard time finding out how to call this in English, in French we call that a “cake” (we pronounce it /kɛk/, or “khek” maybe), but we only use it for (mostly savoury) loafs with this specific shape, regular cakes (like birthday cakes) are called “gâteau”.
So i’m confused here, someone please enlighten me !
Also, I’m so sorry I don’t have step by step pictures as I use to do to show you exactly how I did it ?
It wasn’t really planned I kind of improvised it, and I was running late so no time for pictures ! Afterwards I thought “Oh, that might interest my dear readers”, so here I am.
But I hope you’ll enjoy the recipe anyways !
• The ingredients :
- 1 Zucchini
- 75g – (1/2 cup) of walnut flour and 75g – (1/2 cup) of rice flour (or regular all purpose flour)
- 200g – (1 cup) of fresh Goat cheese
- 1 sachet of Baking powder
- 3 Eggs
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 120 ml (1/2 cup) of warm milk
- 100g (1 cup) of Rasped Cheese (I used Gruyère, but it can be any rasped cheese)
- A handful of whole unpitted olives
- A pinch of pepper and salt
1) Cut the Zucchini & the Olives
Cut the zucchini ? in small dices, or rasp it if it’s easier. You can cook it a bit in a pan if you like your zucchini well cooked, but I like it kind of raw so I just let it cook in the cake. Cut the olives in small pieces.
2) Mix the dry stuff
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl : the two flours, the baking powder, the salt and pepper.
3) Add the wet stuff
Add the eggs, mix them a bit with the dry ingredients. Warm up the milk, and then start adding it in bowl while you mix the whole thing with a whisk. Whisk well, and then continue adding the rest of the ingredients : the olive oil, the rasped cheese, the zucchini the olives, the goat cheese. Mix with a spatula or a spoon to not break too much the cheese dices. ?
4) Pour into the baking pan and bake
Pour the mix into a rectangular baking pan, I use a silicon one because its really easy to remove the bread from it. ?
· • Bake for 45 minutes at 200°C / 392°F • ·
5) Eat !
Here is the picture I showed you in my Easter Picnic post, it was perfect to transport and so practical to eat with no table ! ✨
I always try to find some new recipes when I cook for my mother, since she can’t eat gluten sometimes it’s hard to find a nice tasting flour.
But this walnut and rice mix was really tasty, and consistence was great too !
What do you think about it ? ?
Looks delish, and it doesn’t sound as hard to make. Might try it sometime ????
Thank you ? It’s super easy indeed, and so tasty ? Have a great day !
Hey Oriana,
fantastic recipe! I´ll definitely try it out. Funny, I just uploaded a glutenfree rhubarb and apple crumble recipe this evening, because my best friend is gluten intolerant as well. Maybe your mum might like that, too? If you like, I have some very tasty gluten free cake recipes. or, the other way around, please do more recipes like that!
Thank you for stopping by ! That crumble sounds delicious, it’s so cool that you do gluten free recipes, I’ll check them out ! ? And I’ll be doing more for sure, best wishes ?
Sounds amazing! I’ll be sure to try this
Thank you Mel ! ? Tell me how it turns out ! ?
I’ll give it a new name maybe . What about Mediterranean Delight, something like that . It looks yummy but can the cheese be replaced ?
That sounds nice ! Of course you can use what you want, maybe diced ham/chicken for meat, or some bell peppers/dried tomatoes to keep it vegetarian ! Maybe add a bit more oil or a bit of butter if you don’t use any cheese ?
This is definitely worth a try 🙂 !
Yes it is, my mother can confirm ! ?
Yummy
Exactly ! Thanks ?
You’re welcome..
Good flavour combinations :). We have gluten free people at work sometimes so I have to make gluten free bread for them
Thank you Emma ! ? My mother always struggles to find gluten free stuff, so that’s really nice of you to do so !
looks yummy!
Thank you ! ?❤️
Reblogged this on Be Like Water.
Thank you for sharing ! ?
Great recipe!!! That looks really good. My daughter is gluten free and I am always looking for great recipes like that. Thanks!!
I’m glad you liked it ! ? I hope your daughter will enjoy it too. It can be so hard sometimes for the people who have these kind of diets, all we can do is help them a little with our recipes ! ?
Looks delicious. Definitely something I’ll be trying!
Thank you ! Please do so, and tell me if you liked it ?
My eldest has been cutting gluten out of her diet, so I sent this link to her through Pinterest. I’ll definitely shout out again after we give it a go!
Thank you, tell me how it turned out ? I hope she’ll like it !