Light And Crispy Asparagus Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb asparagus, cut into 1-inch lengths
• 4 -5 green onions, trimmed and sliced thin
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream (4 oz)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon

Recipe

• 1 adjust oven racks to lowest and upper middle positions and heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 toss asparagus and green onions with olive oil and a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper.
• 3 roll pastry on a lightly floured surface into an 11 by 16 inch rectangle.
• 4 fit into a 10 by 15 inch jellyroll pan, making sure the pastry is not stretched.
• 5 evenly distribute asparagus mixture over pastry.
• 6 bake on lowest oven rack until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
• 7 reduce oven temp to 300 degrees and remove pastry from oven.
• 8 whisk eggs, milk, sour cream, tarragon and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
• 9 pour egg mixture evenly over crust and sprinkle with cheest.
• 10 put quiche on upper middle rack.
• 11 bake until filling is just set, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• 12 turn on broiler and broil until cheese bubbles, about 2 minutes.
• 13 remove and let the quiche rest a few minutes, then cut and serve.