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Sausage, Spinach, and Gouda Quiche

Ingredients

  • 1 frozen pie crust or 1 pie dough disk
  • 6 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 lb mild italian sausage
  • 2 cups raw baby spinach
  • 1/2 yellow onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 cups gouda cheese shredded
  • hot sauce (optional)
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Bake the frozen pie crust (or rolled pie dough disk into a pie dish) at 400 for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and then lower the temperature to 350.

  2. In a pan, cook the sausage over medium heat until browned. Set the sausage aside while leaving the grease in the pan

  3. Add the onion and garlic to the pan with remaining sausage grease and cook until the garlic is fragrant and the onions are translucent (about 5 minutes). Add spinach and cook until it is wilted (about 1-3 minutes).

  4. In a bowl, crack the eggs and add milk, hot sauce (if desired), salt and pepper (to taste)

  5. Add the sausage into the pie crust and add 1/2 cup of the Gouda cheese on top.

  6. Add a layer of the veggies and the remaining 1/2 cup of Gouda cheese.

  7. Lastly, pour the egg mixture on top.

  8. Place the quiche into the oven and cook for 45-60 minutes or until the center is set.

  9. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.

Recipe Notes

Place the pie dish on a baking sheet when you put it into the oven to make it much easier to grab out of the oven!