{"id":11437,"date":"2016-05-20T04:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=11437"},"modified":"2020-05-25T21:34:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T01:34:41","slug":"asparagus-quiche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=11437","title":{"rendered":"Asparagus Quiche"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It may look as though we’re in the midst of a Shakespearean tragedy. Actually, we\u2019re discussing diets.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

After a wet couple of weeks we finally have enough sun to bring asparagus up in our area. I eat grocery-store asparagus in the winter from time to time. But I CAN\u2019T STOP EATING farm-stand asparagus in the spring. To me the flavor of asparagus embodies this green, lush, delicious season.<\/span><\/p>\n

I tend to eat asparagus plain, but as the many asparagus recipes in these pages attest I do also put it into other dishes. Yesterday on Mass Appeal<\/a><\/em> Seth Stutman and I put it into a quiche I have served several times already this spring\u2014first with saut\u00e9ed dandelion greens, then with saut\u00e9ed spinach, and now with asparagus.<\/span><\/p>\n

I based it on the idea of a spinach salad so I wanted to add red onion and plenty of cheese. One could of course add a bit of cooked bacon as well\u2014particularly in the spinach or dandelion versions. I\u2019m not sure the asparagus version needed the bacon; it has plenty of flavor the way it is. In fact, another time I might try a milder cheese to let the asparagus flavor dominate more. I’m happy with the recipe as is, however. (I just like to tinker!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Seth and I also made rhubarb bread. That recipe was adapted from Land O Lakes<\/a>. If you want to try my version, add 1 tablespoon orange zest to the batter and double the streusel. And if you\u2019d like to use three little pans as I did, bake the bread for less time than the recipe suggests. The mini-breads took 45 minutes in my oven, but when in doubt use that toothpick!<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll note from the rhubarb video below that I forgot to add the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. I also FORGOT TO ADD THE CHOPPED RHUBARB!<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure all TV stars have days like yesterday. At any rate, I hope they do.<\/span><\/p>\n

I stirred the missing ingredients into the batter in the pans before baking the bread and threw a little more brown sugar on top for color. The end result was delicious; the recipe is very forgiving.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My Quiche<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1 red onion, peeled and sliced
\n2 splashes of extra-virgin olive oil (divided)
\n2 pinches salt (divided)
\n3 cloves of garlic, slivered
\n1 large bunch asparagus, chopped into 1\/2-inch pieces and blanched for 1 minute (about 2 cups of pieces)
\n4 eggs
\n1 cup cream
\n5 to 6 ounces crumbled blue cheese
\n1 9-inch pie shell<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Saut\u00e9 the onion pieces in a little oil until they caramelize (ideally, half an hour or more, but you can get away with 15 minutes if you have to). Sprinkle on a little salt, and remove them from the saut\u00e9 pan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Splash a little more oil into the pan, and saut\u00e9 the garlic briefly (3 to 4 minutes) to soften it. Toss in the asparagus pieces, and saut\u00e9 them just until they are warm.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the cream, and a pinch of salt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sprinkle two thirds of the cheese over the pie crust. Top the cheese with the onion, asparagus, and garlic pieces; then pour on the cream\/egg custard, and top with the remaining cheese.<\/span><\/p>\n

Place the quiche on a rimmed cookie sheet to prevent spillage, and bake it for about 40 minutes, until the custard is set and the top is golden. Serves 4 to 6, depending on appetite.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After a wet couple of weeks we finally have enough sun to bring asparagus up in our area. I eat grocery-store asparagus in the winter from time to time. But I CAN\u2019T STOP EATING farm-stand asparagus in the spring. To me the flavor of asparagus embodies this green, lush, delicious season. I tend to eat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1606,7,8,9,35],"tags":[500,1795,502,1740,1796,1643],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11437"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12505,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437\/revisions\/12505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}