Asparagus Cheddar Quiche
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 partially baked 10 inch pastry shells
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1⁄4 cup fresh dill, finely chopped (or 1 tsp dried, crumbled)
- 1 lb cooked asparagus, stems coarsely chopped,tips kept in 2 inch long pieces
- 1 1⁄2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 3 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- nutmeg
- cayenne pepper
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Brush partially baked pastry shell with mustard.
- Set aside.
- Melt butter.
- Cook onion until tender but do not brown.
- Combine onion with dill, chopped asparagus stems and cheese.
- Spoon evenly into pastry shell.
- Arrange asparagus tips decoratively around quiche.
- Beat eggs with yolks.
- Add milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne.
- Pour over asparagus and cheese.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until just set.
- Cool 10 minutes before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
silky
United States