Italian Style Deep Dish Pizza Quiche Food

DEEP DISH PIZZA QUICHE

Steps:

• Beat together cream cheese and eggs till smooth.
• Add cream, parmesan cheese and spices.
• Spray a 9-inch or larger glass baking dish with oil.
• Put the cups pizza cheese in dish and pour egg mixture over it.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until eggs are set.
• Spread on pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and favorite toppings.
• Bake until bubbly and browning.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Serve.

PEPPERONI AND SAUSAGE DEEP-DISH PIZZA QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella and cheddar cheese in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a small bowl, beat eggs, cream cheese, milk, Parmesan, garlic powder and Italian seasoning; pour into dish. Bake 30 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-6 minutes, breaking into crumbles; drain. Spread pizza sauce over egg mixture; top with sausage, pepperoni and remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Bake until golden brown and bubbly, 10-15 minutes longer. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Top with fresh basil if desired.

ITALIAN-STYLE DEEP-DISH PIZZA QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Roll out and stretch pizza dough large enough to fit the bottom, sides and overhang a 2 1/2" deep x 9 1/2" round springform pan. Spray inside of pan with non-stick spray and lightly and evenly dust insides with cornmeal. (Bottom and sides.) Carefully place pizza dough into pan, re-stretch to overhang if needed. Set aside.
• Grate all cheeses that need be and toss to mix. Reserve one cup aside.
• Sprinkle half of the rest on bottom of pan.
• Layer ingredients in order.
• In large 4-cup measuring pitcher, whisk custard ingreints well. (Whisk eggs first, then add rest and whisk to mix.)
• Evenly pour half of custard mixture over layered ingredients.Top with second half of cheese and evenly pour rest of custard mixture over the top. Roll down overhang of dough to just above the cheese and custard sauce.
• Place springform pan onto large sheet of foil, and gather up around pan in case your pan leaks. (Mine didn't, but best to save your oven in case.)
• Pop into preheated oven and bake for 1hour and 15 minutes. Tent top with foil to prevent excessive browning, and continue to bake for another 45 minutes until fully set.
• Carefully remove from oven, top with reserved cheese and pepperoni slices. Pop back into oven and bake for about 10 more minutes.
• Remove from oven, place on cooling rack, tent or loosely cover with foil, and let rest for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours. (It will stay hot and be completely set after resting.)
• Release ring and serve. *Slice through outer crust with a serrated knife, then a sharp chef's knife to finish slicing the pieces.
• Serve with a nice salad and a glass of your favorite wine or bottle of beer!

PIZZA QUICHE

Steps:

• Remove and discard casing from sausage.
• Cook sausage in a medium skillet until browned, stirring to crumble; drain well, and set aside.
• Line a 9-inch quiche dish or pieplate with half of pastry; flute edges.
• Bake at 450 for 5 minutes; prick pastry with fork, and bake additional 5 minutes.
• Remove from oven; reduce oven temp to 350.
• Combine eggs, ricotta cheese, and Italian seasoning; beat well.
• Stir in cooked sausage,pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and Parmesan cheese.
• Spoon egg mixture into baked pastry shell.
• Cut an 8-inch circle out of remaining pastry; cut circle into 6 wedges.
• Arrange pastry wedges on top of filling.
• Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let cool 10 minutes.
• Spoon 2 T pizza sauce over each pastry wedge on top of quiche.
• (you can skip this last part if you want to cut back on sauce, it's really just for looks).