Cheesy Italian Sausage Quiche Recipe

"I prefer to use spicy Italian sausage mild will work great also, to make this an easy weeknight meal cook the sausage mixture a day in advance and refrigerate, a frozen pie crust makes this easy to put together! prep time does not include making the pie crust"

Original is 6 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (185.6 g)
Calories 378.5
Total Fat - 27.8 g
Saturated Fat - 11.7 g
Cholesterol - 203.6 mg
Sodium - 814.7 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 7.2 g
Dietary Fiber - 1.3 g
Sugars - 1.8 g
Protein - 24.3 g
Calcium - 255.7 mg
Iron - 1.5 mg
Vitamin C - 7.1 mg
Thiamin - 0.5 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, then set oven rack to lowest position.

Step 2

Place empty pie shell onto a baking sheet then bake for 6 minutes; remove and set aside.

Step 3

In a medium skillet cook the sausage meat with Italian seasoning, onion, bell pepper and garlic until no longer pink (about 10 minutes) drain fat then mix in the mushrooms; transfer the mixture into the prebaked pie crust.

Step 4

In a bowl whisk the eggs with cream and black pepper until well combined then mix in 1 cup mozzarella cheese (season with seasoned salt or white salt if desired) pour over the sausage mixture.