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Onion And Cheese Quiche - dairy

Posted by : Miriam Podcameni Posvolsky

                 crust:
   2      cups          flour
   1/4  pound           butter or margarine
   1/2  cup             club soda or schweppes
                        salt
                        filling:
   3      large         onions -- very thinly sliced
   2      tablespoons   butter or margarine
   1/2  pound           grated yellow cheese (gruyere )
   1      tablespoon    flour
   4                    eggs
   1 1/2  cup           heavy cream
   1/2  cup             milk
                        salt -- pepper -- and nutmeg

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 a
letter. Chill 1 hour.

FILLING: Cook onions in butter until translucent. Let cool. Stir flour into
cheese. Blend eggs, cream, milk and seasonings.

Roll out dough and place in a quiche pan. Place parchment paper or foil and
weights or beans on top.Bake 15 minutes. Remove weight and paper. Spread
onions in the bottom. Spread cheese mixture and pour cream and eggs on top.

Bake in pre-heated 350 oven for 20 minutes. Turn down heat to 300 and bake
another 35 minutes.

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