Recipe: Crustless Asparagus & Onion Quiche

Crustless Asparagus & Onion Quiche This recipe can be made with fresh or canned asparagus. 125 ml fresh white breadcrumbs (or gluten free breadcrumbs*) 200 g asparagus (fresh green) 1 tbsp olive oil 2 onions

Crustless Asparagus & Onion Quiche

This recipe can be made with fresh or canned asparagus.

  • 125 ml fresh white breadcrumbs (or gluten free breadcrumbs*)
  • 200 g asparagus (fresh green)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions finely chopped
  • 3 ml green onion seasoning
  • 1 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 3 large eggs
  • 250 ml cream
  • 2 tbsp white sauce powder (or corn flour)
  • 187 ml cheddar cheese (grated)
  1. Preheat oven to 170°C

  2. Butter a 22-24cm flan dish really well and shake breadcrumbs into dish, so some of the crumbs stick to the bottom and sides

  3. Place dish in the freezer to set crumbs while making the filling

  4. Steam asparagus for 3 minutes

  5. Toss with olive oil and cool

  6. Cut off tips (about 3cm), then slice the rest of the stems on the diagonal into 2cm lengths

  7. Keep tips for garnish

  8. Season onions with green onion seasoning

  9. Heat butter and oil and sauté onions until completely soft and beginning to brown slightly

  10. Remove from heat

  11. Add steamed asparagus stems (not the tips)

  12. Cool

  13. Beat eggs and cream

  14. Toss white sauce powder with grated cheese and sprinkle half of this mixture evenly over the base of the prepared dish

  15. Top with asparagus and onion mixture

  16. Mix remaining cheese mixture into eggs and pour over asparagus

  17. Bake on the middle shelf for about 35 minutes until set and puffy

  18. Switch off oven, open door slightly, and leave quiche in oven for another 10 minutes

  19. Cool slightly, top with asparagus tips and serve with salad

*I make my own GF breadcrumbs by lightly toasting gluten free bread and blitzing it in a food processor.


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