Asparagus and Bacon quiche. Sprinkle Swiss cheese over bacon and asparagus. Pour egg mixture on top of cheese. Instead of steaming the asparagus, like others, I sauteed them in a little bit of the leftover bacon drippings (saves you dirtying another pan).
Ideal for breakfast, brunch or lunch, this is the essential classic quiche, tested to perfection.
Remove asparagus and drain on a paper towel.
Crack eggs into a medium bowl and whisk together with the cream.
You can cook Asparagus and Bacon quiche using 12 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Asparagus and Bacon quiche
- It's of Base.
- You need 1 of shortcrust pastry.
- It's of Filling.
- It's 5 of asparagus spears.
- You need 6 of cherry tomatoes.
- Prepare 275 ml of creme fraiche.
- Prepare 4 of eggs.
- It's 150 grams of bacon lardons.
- It's 4 of mushrooms.
- It's 30 grams of gruyere.
- Prepare 2 tsp of green pesto.
- You need 2 of sprigs fresh thyme.
Add salt and pepper, and a spoonful of chopped. Fresh spring asparagus and salty, savory bacon are an unbeatable combination in this simple but satisfying quiche. This Asparagus Bacon Quiche is not only delicious but as well as stunning. I think my favorite ingredient in quiche is naturally bacon.
Asparagus and Bacon quiche step by step
- preheat oven to 180°c.
- grease tin/case.
- roll out pastry and press into fluted edges.
- prick all over with fork and blind bake for 15 mins until lightly golden.
- fry lardons until crisp removing excess fat- set aside to cool.
- cut asparagus and tomatoes in half.
- chop mushrooms and thinly slice/grate gruyere cheese.
- combine eggs and creme fraiche.
- remove pastry case from oven.
- cover base with lardons and mushrooms.
- pour over custard mixture.
- arrange asparagus and tomato halves on top.
- sprinkle over thyme leaves.
- sprinkle over gruyere cheese.
- drip over a little pesto.
- bake for 35 minutes.
Gruyere was the perfect match for the bacon and asparagus combo. I love this salty cheese, that is the perfect kind of cheese for melting in a pasta. This asparagus and bacon quiche is fabulous on its own, or with a light side dish. Hearty and creamy, the asparagus gives it a nice texture while the maple bacon gives it just a touch of sweetness. If you don't like maple bacon, that's fine, just use smoked instead, I just happened to have some maple.
