Chard Quiche with Pecans

 This spring I started a little vegetable garden. In the grocery store where I do my shopping people got seeds for vegetables and flowers with every ten or so euro they had spend. The flowers did great, but to be honest not all vegetables blossomed under my hands (and sometimes they did while it wasn't intended, because I waited too long to harvest). But I learned and now know what vegetables I want to grow next year and what not. 

One of the vegetables that did very well was chard. I don't think I have ever eaten chard. Actually, before I started my little garden I didn't even hear about chard, so I had no recipes at hand either. But I tried something myself and because it didn't taste bad at all, I share the recipe here.

 

What you need

puff pastry

2 shallots

1 grated garlic garlic clove

handful of chard, stems and leaves separated  

handful grated cheese

handful pecans

4 eggs

200cc creme fraiche

salt and pepper to taste

What to do

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius

Cover a quiche mold with puff pastry, punch little holes in the pastry with a fork  

Bake for ten minutes and take out

Meanwhile bake shallots and garlic until golden brown in a baking pan

Add chard stems, bake five minutes

Add chard leaves, bake five minutes more

Sprinkle bread-crumbs over pastry bottom

Spread chard, cheese and pecans over bread-crumbs

Mix eggs, creme fraiche, salt and pepper

Pour over chard, cheese and pecans

Bake off for 30 minutes

 

That's it! Bon appetit!