Asparagus Onion Quiche

This asparagus and turkey quiche is as flavorful as it is attractive: sauteed mixed greens with thinly sliced quality turkey makes for a satisfying veggie-turkey crunch.  Stir in your favorite seasonings (pepper, thyme, etc.) and you’ve got a breakfast dish that is Clearly Delicious.

Asparagus, Onion, and Turkey Quiche
This recipe comes from Elise Bauer and can be found here. The original calls for regular ham over turkey, and suggests you use Elise’s all butter crust recipe (you can find it here on Elise’s blog).  However, when in a hurry, feel free to buy one of those pre-made pie crusts and just prepare the filling.  It’s kind of like cheating…kind of…but makes the below process so much faster!

Ingredients:
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 bunch asparagus (about 10 ounces), woody stems removed
* 2 medium shallots, thinly sliced
* 1/2 pound turkey meat, or prosciutto thinly sliced
* 1/2 cup cream
* 1/2 cup milk
* 3 large eggs
* 1 1/2 cups grated Gruyere, or mixed shredded cheese
* black pepper, freshly grated, to taste
* 1 teaspoon thyme
* pepper and Tony’s Cajun seasoning, to taste
* 1 cooked pie crust (premade, or from the all butter pie crust recipe)


1.) Preheat oven to 350F and cook your pie crust.


2.)  While pie crust is cooking, prepare your onions and asparagus: chop onion and set aside; wash and remove woody ends from asparagus and cut into 1 inch slices on a diagonal.

3.) Sauté asparagus and onions in 1-2 tablespoons olive oil and press in garlic.

4.)  Add Tony’s/pepper/thyme to taste; cook until tender (about 7-10 minutes).

5.) While vegetables are sauteing, prepare the cream/egg filling: add 1/2 cup milk to 1/2 cup cream in a Kitchenaid mixer.  Mix on low speed to integrate.  Add 3 eggs, one at a time, waiting so that each is properly whisked in/integrated.  Add 1 1/2 cup gruyere, or mixed shredded cheese.  Stir on low speed to integrate.

6.) When vegetable mixture is properly cooked (tender, but still retaining some crunch), fold into the egg/cheese batter.

7.) Pour batter into cooked pie crust and smooth/level top of pie.

8.) Cook in 350F oven for 25 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean.  Transfer to cooling rack and allow to cool (3-5 minutes).  Cut into 6-8 pieces (makes 6-8).  Enjoy!

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