Italian Sausage Quiche Cups Food

ITALIAN QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Line unpricked crusts with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake 4 minutes. Remove foil; bake 4 minutes longer. Remove from oven; leave oven on., In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Spoon sausage into crusts; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Top with onion and peppers. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk and garlic. Pour over peppers; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese., Cover edges of quiches loosely with foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 400° 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked quiches up to 3 months. To use, remove from the freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Preheat oven to 400°. Cover edges of crust loosely with foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND SPINACH QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake pie shells for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl thoroughly combine the remaining ingredients.
• Pour the filling into the pie shells.
• Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until set.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE-BROCCOLI QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet; add sausage, garlic and onions and saute until brown.
• Remove from heat and slice sausage into smaller pieces.
• Arrange meat mixture in the pie crust; add broccoli and 3/4 cup cheese to the pie crust.
• In a bowl, beat together eggs and half-and-half.
• Pour egg mixture slowly over ingredients in pie crust, being careful not to pour above the ridge of the pie pan.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cheese on top.
• Place in center of preheated 350° oven and bake for 45 minutes.

SPICY SAUSAGE QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400º. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Repeat with remaining dough. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Line unpricked crusts with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Cool on wire racks., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook pork over medium heat until no longer pink, 7-9 minutes; drain. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Stir in cheese, jalapenos, green onions and cooked pork. Pour into crusts., Bake until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cover edges loosely with foil during the last 15 minutes if needed to prevent overbrowning. Remove foil. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting., Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked quiches. To use, remove from freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Preheat oven to 400º. Place quiches on baking sheets. Bake as directed, increasing time to 40-45 minutes. Cover edges loosely with foil during the last 15 minutes if needed to prevent overbrowning.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND RED ONION QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F or 180°C.
• Lay the sheet of pastry dough over a 9-inch quiche pan, pressing the dough gently into the crimped edges. Cut away any excess dough so the pastry is level with the top of the pan.
• Prick the base of the pastry with a fork.
• In a skillet over medium heat, start to cook the italian sausage and crushed garlic. Cook for 8-10 minutes, mashing the italian sausage into small chunks with the spatula.
• Add the red onion and cook for a further 2 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Evenly spoon the italian sausage and red onion into the pastry shell.
• Scatter the cheese over the sausage mixture.
• Mix the eggs and cream together and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour carefully over the other ingredients in the pastry shell, leaving a little space for the mixture to rise slightly in the oven.
• Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until the egg mixture is cooked and set.
• Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting.
• Serve hot or cold!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND BROCCOLI QUICHE

Steps:

• Fry the sausage links in a skillet. When cooked through, slice thinly and set aside.
• Beat the eggs, cream, salt, pepper and rosemary in a bowl.
• Mix in the sausage, broccoli and cheese, stirring til all ingredients are coated.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE CRUSTLESS QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix the eggs and milk together and whisk well.
• Sesaon the egg mixture with salt, pepper, and herbs.
• Spray the oil into a deep pie dish.
• Layer the sausage and cheese and red pepper into the pie dish and pour the egg mixture on top.
• Pop into the oven and bake until middle is firm, about 40-45 minutes.
• Serve with hot Italian bread.

SAUSAGE-POTATO QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly flour a rolling pin and work surface and roll out dough to a 12-inch round. Place in a 9-inch pie plate, fold overhang under, and crimp edge. Place a sheet of parchment paper over dough and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until edge is dry and light golden, about 20 minutes. Remove parchment and weights.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high. Add sausage, season with salt and pepper, and cook until light golden, 8 to 10 minutes. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and cream. Add sausage, potato, and cheese and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Whisk to combine, pour into crust, and bake until center of quiche is just set, 40 to 45 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SAUSAGE QUICHE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Coat muffin tins with cooking spray. Unroll pie crusts and cut out circles with 3-inch cookie cutter. Place each round in bottom of tin; push dough down and against sides and prick with a fork. Bake 10 minutes, until crusts are slightly golden.
• Meanwhile, cook sausage over medium heat, breaking apart meat until no longer pick, about 10 minutes.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk eggs slightly, then add cooked sausage and cheese and stir well.
• Scoop 1/4 cup egg mixture into each pie crust. Bake 25 minutes.

SAUSAGE QUICHE

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown sausages until no longer pink. Drain and cut into small pieces; place in the pie shell. Sprinkle with cheese. In a bowl, beat eggs; add cream and nutmeg. Pour over cheese. , Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.