Sausage Quiche
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This sausage quiche recipe is a top notch breakfast option easy enough for a simple weekend breakfast but fancy enough for a high end brunch with friends!
Sausage Quiche
Sausage Quiche
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What is a sausage quiche?
A sausage quiche is a savory pie made with a pastry crust filled with a rich, creamy egg custard, crumbled sausage, cheese, and often other ingredients like onions, peppers, or spinach.
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Ingredient notes for easy sausage quiche recipe
- Pie crust – Refrigerated pie crust dough. You can use premade, or try our homemade pie crust recipe!
- Sausage – Breakfast sausage.
- Onion – Yellow onion, diced.
- Cheese – Shredded cheddar cheese.
- Eggs – Large.
- Cream – Heavy whipping cream.
- Seasonings – Mustard powder, salt, ground black pepper.
- Optional – Diced sweet or hot peppers, spinach, tomatoes, or other favorite vegetables.
Quick directions for making a breakfast sausage quiche
⭐ First, press the pie crust dough into a pie plate and pinch the edges to create the classic pie crust design. Set aside.
⭐ Next, heat brown sausage in a skillet and drain. Add the onions to the skilletand cook until tender and translucent. Transfer the sausage and onions to the pie crust and stop with cheese.
⭐ Then, in a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, mustard powder, salt and pepper. Pour the mixture over the sausage and cheese.
⭐ Last, bake in the oven until the crust is golden and the filling is set. Allow to rest before serving.
Scroll down to the printable recipe card toward the bottom of this article for ingredient measurements and detailed cooking instructions.
What else can you add to sausage quiche?
Try adding other meats and veggies! Some of our favorites are cooked and crumbled bacon, diced ham, bell peppers, spinach, mushrooms, and tomatoes.
Tips, tricks, and frequently asked questions for making a sausage quiche!
💡 Add other meats and veg to bulk it up or play with the flavors.
💡 Tent the crust with tinfoil halfway through baking to ensure the crust does not get too brown.
💡 A 9’’ pie plate works best for this recipe.
💡 Use spicy sausage to give this dish a kick of heat!
💡 Swap half and half for the heavy whipping cream if desired.
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How to Make Sausage Quiche
Sausage Quiche Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 batch prepared pie dough
- 1 pound breakfast sausage
- ½ yellow onion diced
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon mustard powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
Instructions
- Gently press the pie crust dough into a 9" pie plate and pinch the edges. Set aside.
- Brown sausage in a large skillet, then drain any excess grease from the pan. Add the onions and cook until tender and translucent.
- Transfer the sausage and onions to the prepared pie plate, then sprinkle the shredded cheddar cheese evenly over the top.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, cream, mustard powder, salt, and pepper. Pour over the cheese and sausage mixture.
- Bake on the center rack of a preheated 350 ℉ oven for 40 to 50 minutes, until the crust is golden and the filling is set.* Allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving.*Tent loosely with foil if crust begins to brown before quiche is finished cooking.
Notes
- Add other meats and veg to bulk it up or play with the flavors.
- Tent the crust with tinfoil halfway through baking to ensure the crust does not get too brown.
- A 9’’ pie plate works best for this recipe.
- Use spicy sausage to give this dish a kick of heat!
- Swap half and half for the heavy whipping cream if desired.
Nutrition
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Tools we love
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- Enameled cast iron – Perfect for these delicious one-pot meals. From stove top to oven!
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We will make this again.
Added red pepper flakes, was very good.
Made it for Sunday brunch and several people asked me for the recipe!