Moving Day Quiche

While I have been living with my parents, I have made a few quiches to share.  Last week, I was making a broccoli cheddar quiche and Dad said, "I bet this would be good with bleu cheese".  That got me thinking and I decided that I would try that for the people who were helping me move my stuff into my new house.  I thought about it for a while and decided that bleu cheese would be best with caramelized onions and bacon.  So, last night, as I was unpacking and watching the Lions game (they won!!!!), I caramelized onions and cooked up the bacon.  And then this morning, I threw that together with bleu cheese and my standard quiche egg mixture and what resulted is now my favorite quiche.  It's a bit more work than what I normally do, but oh, so worth the effort!

Bleu Cheese Bacon Quiche with Caramelized Onions

• 1/2 lb bacon
• 1 large sweet onion, sliced
• 3 Tbsp canola oil
• 4 oz bleu cheese
• 5 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups 1% milk
• 2 tsp dried basil

Preheat oven to 350F.

Caramelize onions:
Peel onion and then cut into quarters.  Thinly slice the onions and then cut slices into thirds.  Set aside.  Heat heavy skillet over medium heat.  Add oil and heat until shimmery.  Add onions and stir until evenly coated in oil.  Cook, stirring every 1-2 minutes until the onions begin to brown.  Continuing cooking, stirring every 30 seconds to 1 minute until the onions are desired color (brown but not burned).  Set aside to cool.

Add bacon to the same skillet and cook until crisp.  Remove onto paper towels to drain fat.  Cool and then dice.  Set aside.

Assemble Quiche:
Mix cooked onions and bacon and sprinkle in bottom of prepared baking pan.  Sprinkle bleu cheese over the onions and bacon. Whip eggs with milk and basil.  Pour over fillings and bake at 350F for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.  Allow to set for 5 minutes before serving.