Pumpkin and Goat Cheese Quiche With Fennel and Onions

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Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://mothermayhave.com/2010/01/18/pumpkin-and-goat-cheese-quiche-with-fennel-and-onions/

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Ingredients

9 inches deep dish frozen pie shell
1 1/4 cups milk
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
pinch of ground ginger
pinch of ground nutmeg
1/2 cup fennel bulb (finely chopped)
1/2 cup yellow onions (finely chopped)
4 ounces soft goat cheese (cubed)
1 tbs. fennel fronds (finely chooped)
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Preparation

1
Follow the directions on your pie shell and bake accordingly.
2
In the meantime, heat a large saucepan to medium high and sauté the fennel and onions until the onions are translucent.
3
Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
4
Beat the eggs, milk, flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt, black pepper, ginger and nutmeg together.
5
When the fennel and onions are cool, add into egg mixture.
6
Whisk in the pumpkin.
7
Fold in the soft goat cheese.
8
Pour into pre-baked pie shell and bake for 40 – 45 minutes until the quiche is set and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
9
Sprinkle fennel fronds and cayenne pepper before serving.

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...the fall foliage colored quiche... in all its colorful glory is intended to capture the complexity [of color]

Yield:

1 quiche; 6 - 8 servings

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Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 5:54pm

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