Potato Sausage Leek Quiche With Side Baby Spinach Salad Recipes

POTATO-SAUSAGE QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Spray 9-inch deep-dish glass pie pan with nonstick cooking spray. Cook sausage in large skillet over medium-high heat until thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently. Drain.
• Add potatoes and onion to sausage in skillet; mix well. Cook 5 to 8 minutes or until potatoes are slightly soft, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese.
• Beat eggs in large bowl. Add milk; blend well. Reserve 1 tablespoon egg mixture for topping. Add potato mixture to remaining egg mixture; mix well. Spoon potato-egg mixture into sprayed pie pan, keeping mixture away from edges.
• Remove pie crust from pouch. Unfold pie crust; press out fold lines. Place over potato mixture, tucking edges of crust around potato mixture. Turn edges under and press to edge of pie pan. Cut several slits in crust for steam to escape. Brush with reserved tablespoon egg mixture.
• Bake at 425°F. for 25 minutes. Cover top of pie with foil to prevent excessive browning. Bake an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender and crust is deep golden brown. To serve, cut into wedges.

QUICHE WITH LEEKS, MUSHROOMS AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie dish.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add thyme, leeks, and mushrooms; cook and stir until the onions are cooked through, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Add sweet potato; cook and stir until the sweet potato is tender, about 15 minutes. Place mixture in prepared pie dish.
• Combine eggs, sour cream, salt, and cream in a food processor; pulse until smooth. Pour into pie dish and stir slightly to distribute over onion mixture. Top with Asiago cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until top is beginning to turn golden brown and center is gently firm, about 45-50 minutes. Let sit a few minutes before cutting. Serve warm.

ROASTED POTATO AND SAUSAGE QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie plate as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or just until edge begins to brown. If crust puffs up in center, gently push down with back of wooden spoon. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Cook frozen vegetables as directed on bag for minimum time. Pour into medium bowl. Cut up large pieces of potatoes.
• In 10-inch skillet, crumble sausage; add mushrooms. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink; drain. Add sausage-mushroom mixture to vegetables in bowl; stir to combine. Spoon mixture into crust-lined pie plate; sprinkle with cheese.
• In medium bowl, beat eggs, half-and-half and pepper with whisk until well blended; pour over mixture in crust.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until eggs are set in center. If necessary, cover edge of crust with strips of foil during last 20 minutes of baking to prevent excessive browning. Sprinkle with parsley.

LEEK & FETA QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Sauté leeks and garlic at medium heat w/ olive oil until soft (roughly 5 minutes).
• Meanwhile, layer phyllo sheets in a buttered pie pan. Use a pastry brush the brush butter between each layer. Trim excess dough from around the edges of the pan if necessary.
• In a separate bowl, mix eggs and milk.
• Add red pepper, cooked leeks, garlic, feta, and pepper and mix thoroughly. Add salt to taste.
• Pour egg mixture into pie pan. Brush exposed phyllo edges with butter to prevent burning.
• Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until set.

POTATO SAUSAGE LEEK QUICHE WITH SIDE BABY SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 °. On medium heat, cook sausage until brown. Drain sausage and reserve fat in pan. Add garlic, potatoes and leeks to pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on medium-high for a few minutes than lower to simmer and cover for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain and mix sausage into the potato leek mixture.
• In another a bowl, whisk eggs, half and half, salt and pepper until smooth. Divide half of the potato leek mixture between 2 pie crusts. Sprinkle with cheese and pour egg mixture. Place in the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes, until the egg has set and is lightly browned on the top. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
• For optional side salad, mix olive oil, wine vinegar, honey and lemon juice. Pour over baby spinach and mix until greens are well coated. Serve along side quiche.