Asparagus Cheddar Quiche

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 brush partially baked pastry shell with mustard.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 melt butter.
• 5 cook onion until tender but do not brown.
• 6 combine onion with dill, chopped asparagus stems and cheese.
• 7 spoon evenly into pastry shell.
• 8 arrange asparagus tips decoratively around quiche.
• 9 beat eggs with yolks.
• 10 add milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne.
• 11 pour over asparagus and cheese.
• 12 bake 35 to 40 minutes or until just set.
• 13 cool 10 minutes before serving.