Sausage-spinach Quiche

By jkenb

Ingredients

• 1 • 1- Pastry pie shell...............or make your own........ I like the refrigerated ones when I ’m in a hurry...........
• 8 • 8 -ounces bulk pork sausage :.... I use the hot sausage !! I like the spice
• 1/4 • 1/4 -cup chopped onion
• 1 • 1 -clove garlic, minced
• • 1 -10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach (broccoli)
• 1 • 1- to 1 1/2 -cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 ounces) ........ I use 1/2 cheddar and 1/2 pepper jack cheese........ or Gruyere
• 4 • 4- eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 • 1- cup light cream
• 1/4 • 1/4- teaspoon salt

Preparation

Step 1

• Prepare pastry and set aside. Crumble sausage in medium skillet; add onion and garlic. Cook over medium heat till sausage is browned, stirring occasionally; drain well. Thaw spinach, drain well. Remove remaining moisture by pressing spinach between layers of paper toweling. Add spinach to sausage mixture; mix well. Sprinkle cheese evenly in pastry shell. Top with sausage mixture. In a medium mixing bowl combine eggs, cream and salt; mix well. Pour egg mixture over sausage mixture. Bake in a 375 degree F. oven for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted halfway between center and outer edge comes out clean.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving.