Sausage Spinach Quiche

This sausage and spinach quiche has tangy goat cheese, earthy rosemary, and a flaky, buttery pie crust. Serve it to friends and family for a delicious, comforting breakfast or brunch!

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• Why You'll Love This Dish
• What You'll Need
• How to Make Spinach Sausage Quiche
• Variations
• FAQ
• Expert Tips
• How to Store
• How to Serve
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Why You'll Love This Dish

A buttery, flaky pie crust filled with warm, savory ground sausage browned until lightly crisp, fresh spinach, garlic, tangy goat cheese, and floral rosemary make an amazingly delicious bite.

It's easy to make and saves time by using a premade pie crust.

This recipe is filling, and provides some healthy vegetables, too.

It's easy to adapt to what you have on hand. No goat cheese? Try some feta, mozzarella, sharp cheddar --whatever sounds good to you. You could also use ground chicken sausage in place of the pork sausage called for here, and use regular or breakfast sausage. No rosemary? Try thyme.

It's impressive. People love quiche for its flavor, but also for its presentation. Serve a whole quiche to a party or to family and everyone is bound to be impressed.

What You'll Need

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• Pie Crust Choose your favorite store bought pie crust for this recipe or make your crust from scratch.
• Ground Sausage Use the ground sausage of your choice here. I recommend pork breakfast sausage, or mild or sweet Italian sausage.
• Fresh Baby Spinach Baby spinach is preferable here because it cooks down to bite-sized pieces. If using a larger leaf spinach, you may want to use chopped spinach instead of the whole leaves.
• Goat Cheese I like to buy pre-crumbled goat cheese. You could also use a shredded cheese like mozzarella or cheddar cheese for a slightly different taste and texture.
• Garlic Fresh is always my preference.
• Eggs I used large eggs for this recipe.
• Fresh Rosemary If you'd like to replace the fresh rosemary, use a bit of fresh or dried thyme.
• Milk Full-fat milk is best here.
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil Or butter or pan spray would be fine here. You'll just want to lightly coat your pie tin to make it easier to remove the quiche from the tin when ready.
• Kosher Salt I always recommend using kosher salt in recipes. It is easier to control the saltiness and it coats food more evenly.
• Pepper I like fresh cracked black pepper here.

How to Make Spinach Sausage Quiche

Step One Prepare the sausage and spinach mixture. Brown the sausage in a pan with a bit of olive oil. Remove and set aside.

Add the garlic and saute until just fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the spinach and cook until wilted. Combine the spinach and garlic with the sausage in a mixing bowl.

Prepare your pie dish by brushing with olive oil, spraying with pan spray, or greasing with a bit of butter.

Preheat the ovedn to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Place your pie crust in the pie plate. Poke the pie crust all over with a fork, then bake for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Step Four Whisk the eggs in with the milk, spinach, sausage and cheese, spices, salt and pepper.

Step Five Carefully pour the spinach and sausage quiche mixture into the pie crust.

Step Six Remove from the oven, let cool, and serve.

Variations

Different Herbs Try thyme in place of rosemary. Herbs to Provence would be great here, too.

Fresh Herbs Fresh herbs can add lots of wonderful flavor to this dish. Try topping with fresh dill, basil, parsley, scallions, or chives.

Different Cheese If you are not a fan of goat cheese, try some mozzarella, cheddar, swiss, or any other melting cheese.

FAQ

Expert Tips

• If your crust starts to get too dark before the egg mixture is cooked through, create a loose ring of tin foil and tent just the crust.
• To ensure your crust is fully cooled after you par-bake it (the first 10 minutes in the oven), try putting it in the freezer for a few minutes.
• After your quiche is cooked, let it cool. This will make it easier to remove from the pan and serve. You may find a refrigerated pie even easier to cut and remove from the pie dish.

How to Store

You can store this in the fridge for 3 to 4 days in an airtight container or in the pie tin with plastic wrap. To reheat, lightly cover with foil and place in a 350-degree Fahrenheit oven for about 10 minutes, or until heated through.

If freezing, cut into individual slices or freeze the quiche whole. Wrap with plastic wrap and then place in a gallon plastic bag for extra protection against freezer burn. Store for up to 3 months.

To reheat from frozen, place in a 350-degree Fahrenheit oven for 30 to 45 minutes, or until heated through.

How to Serve

Spinach Sausage Quiche can be a full meal. Here are some ideas to round out your breakfast or brunch table:

Side Salad Serve a slice of quiche with a simple green salad and Lemon Herb Vinaigrette!

Brunch You can have this quiche as the center of your next brunch spread along with a Blueberry French Toast Casserole, fresh fruit, salad, cheeses, and meats. These Roasted Cherry Tomatoes on the Vine with little toasts and some almond pesto are also a favorite!

Greens If you're not in the mood for salad, try having some warm, cooked greens instead. This Garlicky Sautéed Cruciferous Crunch would be wonderful, as would these roasted Brussels Sprouts and Asparagus, or this Roasted Tenderstem Broccoli.

Fresh Fruit Try serving with some sliced fresh fruit or a fruit salad.

For more ideas check out this What to Serve with Quiche recipe collection!

Recipes You'll Love

Here are some other wonderful brunch ideas:

Italian Sausage Frittata

Leek & Squash Quiche

Smoked Salmon and Spinach Quiche

Gravlax Tartine

Avocado Tartine

Chilli Scrambled Eggs

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