Red White and Blue Quiche

Ingredients:

1.5 lbs red onion, thinly sliced

4 oz white mushrooms, sliced

3.5 oz blue cheese, crumbled

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 tsp brown sugar

2 cups flour

3.5 oz cold butter

3/4 cup whipping cream

3 eggs

2 tsp fresh basil, chopped

2 Tbsp Parmesan cheese, shredded

1 Tbsp Italian seasoning (blend of basil, marjoram, oregano, sage)

Directions:

1. Process flour and butter in food processor for 15 seconds. Add Parmesan, Italian seasonings, and 1-2 Tbsp water. Continue processing until mixture just comes together.

2. Roll dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 10 minutes.

3. Heat oil in large pan (e.g. a wok).

4. Add brown sugar, onions, and mushrooms. Cook for 5-6 minutes or until onions are soft and slightly golden. Remove from heat.

5. Roll out dough thinly onto floured surface.

6. Fit dough into greased 8.5 inch round pan. Trim excess dough from edges. (Significant other used the end of a butter knife to make a ridged design on the edges).

7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit..

8. Chill crust for additional 10 minutes.

9. In mixing bowl, whisk together whipping cream, eggs, blue cheese, basil, and black pepper.

10. Cover crust with waxed paper and bake for 10 minutes.

11. Remove waxed paper from crust and continue baking for 10 minutes until crust is lightly golden.

12. Add onion mixture to crust.

13. Pour egg mixture evenly over onions.

14. Bake for 35 minutes or until firm. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

This quiche was awesome. I don't know about you, but I love quiche. The crust was nice and flaky and delicious, and the combination of blue cheese with red onion was heavenly.

We had some friends over for dinner when we made this. I told them that I would post a picture on my blog of them enjoying this meal, so here they are:

**Edit** I named this Red White and Blue Quiche not because it's at all a patriotic dish, no, quiche actually comes from the Germany/France area of Europe, according to Wikipedia. It's red, white and blue because it contains RED onions, WHITE mushrooms, and BLUE cheese. I thought the name was adorable, myself. The recipe in my cookbook didn't call for mushrooms, I just added them because I happened to have some in the fridge. And then that little addition inspired this adorable name that even significant other didn't understand, despite the fact that he helped make this and knew all of the ingredients.