Asparagus pie

The asparagus pie is a classic recipe. It is a simple and easy recipe and it needs only 20 minutes to be prepared, then you bake it and in less than 1 hour you have a wonderful yummy asparagus pie.

This recipe contains puff pastry, asparagus, eggs, milk, cheese emmental, ricotta cheese, salt, pepper

4-5 portions servings

Prep time: 15 min

Cook time: 40 min

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry: 230 gr (8.1 oz) (or 1 ready disc)
• Asparagus: 600 gr (21.2 oz)
• Eggs: 2
• Milk: 200 ml (or soy milk)
• Emmenthal cheese: 80 gr (2.8 oz)
• Ricotta cheese: 200 gr (7.0 oz)
• Salt
• Pepper

Instructions:

• 1. Clean the asparagus and cut the end of the stem (the hardest part).
• 2. Boil them in salted water for 5-6 min.
• 3. Meanwhile in a large bowl, beat the eggs.
• 4. Add the milk.
• 5. Add salt and pepper to your taste.
• 6. Drain and dry the asparagus.
• 7. Let them cool.
• 8. Halve the asparagus.
• 9. Keep the asparagus tips (6-7 cm) aside and chopped the remaining stems in pieces.
• 10. Add the emmenthal, the asparagus stems pieces and the ricotta to the egg mixture.
• 11. Roll out the puff pastry to form a disc of about 24 cm in diameter and 1-2 mm thick.
• 12. Put the disc in a baking pan greased with little oil and prick the puff pastry with a fork.
• 13. Pour the asparagus mixture and decorate the pie with the asparagus tips.
• 14. Fold the edges of the puff pastry.
• 15. Bake in preheated oven at 180 ° C (350°F) for 25-30 minutes (or until golden).