12 May Shavous Onion and Cheese Quiche
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/4 pound butter or margarine
1/2 cup club soda
filling:
3 large onions — very thinly sliced
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 pound grated yellow cheese
1tablespoon flour
4 eggs
11/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup milk
salt — pepper — and nutmeg
Directions:
NOTE 1: All ingredients should be very cold.
DOUGH: Cut butter into flour and salt until it resembles very coarse meal.Stir in soda. Knead just to combine. Wrap in film and refrigerate 1 hour.On a floured board roll out dough, fold in 3’s, as if you were folding aletter. Chill 1 hour.
FILLING: Cook onions in butter until translucent. Let cool. Stir flour intocheese. Blend eggs, cream, milk and seasonings.Roll out dough and place in a quiche pan. Place parchment paper or foil andweights
or beans on top.Bake 15 minutes. Remove
weight and paper. Spreadonions in
the bottom. Spread cheese mixture
and pour cream and eggs on top.
Bake in pre-heated 350 oven for 20 minutes.