Indian Food

Asparagus Quiche si one of the most famous dish in France.

Ingredients:

250 gm flour
1/2 tsp salt
150 gm butter
1 egg yolk mixed with 2 tbsp iced water

Asparagus Filling
110 gm tinned asparagus or a fresh bunch
100 gm grated cheese
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cream
1 tsp mustard powder
Salt and pepper to taste
Beans to bake blind.

Direction:

In a large bowl sift the flour and salt.

Add the diced butter and cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles large breadcrumbs.

Add the yolk mixture and make dough. Wrap the dough and chill for half an hour.

Roll out the dough on a floured surface and place it in a dish

Line the pastry with foil and then fill it with beans and bake blind for 15 minutes in a preheated oven.

Remove from the oven, discard the foil and the beans and keep aside. Sprinkle some of the grated cheese on the half baked pastry arrange the asparagus on the dish.

Mix the eggs, milk, cream, mustard powder, salt and pepper and pour over the
Asparagus sprinkle the remaining cheese over the quiche and bake for about
35 minutes or till done.