Fiddlehead Fern Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
• 2 cups fiddleheads, coarsely chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (vermont is best)
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
• 1 tablespoon flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. precook piecrust for about 15 minutes.
• 2 sauté fiddleheads and onion in olive oil until tender.
• 3 place fiddleheads and onions in pre-baked piecrust and spread shredded cheese on top of fiddleheads.
• 4 blend eggs, half and half, mustard, flour and pour over fiddleheads and cheese.
• 5 bake for 50 minutes. pie is cooked when knife comes out clean when inserted into pie.
• 6 remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes.
• 7 serve hot or cold.