Italian Sausage And Red Onion Quiche Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in. thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edge. Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack until edge is light golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven setting to 375°., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage, onion, green pepper and jalapeno over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain. Spoon into crust and sprinkle with cheese., In a large bowl, whisk remaining ingredients; pour over cheese. Bake until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked quiche. To use, remove from freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Preheat oven to 375°. Place quiche on a baking sheet; cover edge loosely with foil. Bake as directed, increasing time as necessary for a knife inserted in the center to come out clean.

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!

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.

Steps:

• In a bowl blend together the flour, the butter, the shortening, and a pinch of salt until the mixture resembles meal, add 1 1/2 tablespoons ice water, and toss the mixture until the water is incorporated, adding more water if necessary to form the dough into a ball. Pat the dough into 7 1/2-inch tart pan with a removable rim and bake the shell in the bottom third of a preheated 425°F. oven for 7 minutes, or until it is just golden.
• While the shell is baking, in a large skillet cook the sausage with the bell peppers, covered, over moderately high heat, stirring and breaking up any lumps, for 7 minutes, or until the sausage is no longer pink and the bell peppers are soft, and drain the mixture, discarding the excess fat. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, stir in the remaining salt, the Cheddar, and the Parmesan, and spread the mixture in the bottom of the shell. In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the cream, and the milk, pour the egg mixture over the sausage mixture, and bake the quiche on a baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 425°F. oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350°F. and bake the quiche for 10 minutes more.