Apple, Sausage and Cheddar Torte

By JimMac

Ingredients

• 1 ready-made pie crust
• 2 cups N.C. apples, sliced and peeled (use a flavorful apple such as Pink Lady, Granny Smith or Honeycrisp)
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 pound sweet Italian or breakfast sausage (bulk or removed from casings)
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 4 eggs

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Place pie crust in 9-inch pie pan and bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

Melt butter in a large skillet on medium heat. Add the apples, onions, sugar and cinnamon, and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a separate bowl. Increase the heat to medium high and add sausage. Saute until browned, about 7-10 minutes, breaking the meat up as it is cooking. Remove from heat, draining excess grease onto a paper towel-lined dish.

In a medium sized bowl, mix together the cheeses and eggs.

Place sausage on bottom of pre-baked pie crust. Add the cooked apple onion mixture over the sausage. Pour the cheese egg mixture over the apple mixture and spread it so it evenly covers the pie.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.