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It’s The Age of Asparagus
By Rosie Hawthorne
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Two things herald the arrival of spring for me – the arrival of the ospreys and the discovery of my first asparagus
shoots pushing out of the ground. Spring sees a lot of asparagus recipes in the Hawthorne Household from the bounty
in my garden.
Let’s start with a delicious and easy appetizer – Asparagus Roll-Ups.
Rosie’s Roll-Ups
1 bunch asparagus
Maple ham slices
Puff pastry
Coarse grained mustard
Prepare asparagus by holding each end and snapping. Not to worry. The asparagus know where to snap.
Drop asparagus in boiling water for one minute. Drain asparagus and immediately plunge into a bowl of ice water to
stop the cooking and set the pretty green color.
Dry the spears and wrap a slice of ham around each spear.
Take a sheet of puff pastry, brush a bit of the mustard on it, and wrap up the asparagus and ham.
Bake in a 400° oven for 15-20 minutes, or until puffy and golden brown.
For the main course, I think Asparagus Quiche is in order.
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Rosie’s Asparagus Quiche
1 pie crust, homemade or the refrigerated ones that are rolled up, and
not the frozen crusts
6 strips bacon, cooked until crisp, and crumbled
1/2 cup skim milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
3 eggs, room temperature
6 fresh asparagus from your garden, cut into pieces
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup Swiss cheese cubes
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
Heat oven to 400°.
Combine milk and cream. Scald (Bring the milk and cream just to a boil.), then let cool a bit.
Beat eggs, then beat slightly cooled milk mixture into eggs.
Add in salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
Crumble bacon in bottom of prepared pie crust.
Add in Swiss cheese and asparagus.
Pour in milk mixture.
Top with grated cheddar.
Bake 45 - 50 minutes, tenting, if necessary, near the end.
Let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
Try to save some quiche for the next day. The texture only gets better.
Please visit with Rosie at www.kitchensaremonkeybusiness.com for more recipes and fun stuff!
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