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the cheese. Place the asparagus, head to tail, on top of the herbs,
and add the remaining cheese. Pour in the egg mixture. Slide the

pan into the oven (on top of the steel, stone, or baking sheet if using)
and bake until the custard is set, 25 to 30 minutes.
Cool for a moment before slicing and serving warm.

Techniques: Lard or Leaf Lard Crust (here), Mixing and Rolling Out
(here), Crimp and Slash (here), Blind Baking (here)

Swaps:

Single-crust All-Butter (here), Butter and Shortening (here), and

Rye Crusts (here) are all delicious.

With a rye crust, add a dab of Dijon mustard to the custard.