Description
A near perfect quiche with crumbled breakfast sausage, caramelized leeks, mushrooms and swiss cheese.
Ingredients
For the pie crust:
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) COLD butter, cut into cubes
- 3–4 tablespoons very cold water
For the quiche:
- 4 oz breakfast sausage
- 1 large leek, thinly sliced and washed
- 8 large button mushrooms, cleaned and diced
- 1 cup half and half
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 teaspoon each, salt and pepper
- 3/4 cup grated swiss cheese
Instructions
- To make the crust, combine flour, sugar and salt in a food processor. Pulse 2-3 times just to mix. Add cold, cubed butter and pulse 5-7 times until nice and crumbly. Add a few tablespoons of water and pulse just until dough comes together. Remove from processor, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
- When ready to make quiche, preheat oven to 425F degrees.
- Roll dough out and press into a standard pie plate. Refrigerate while you prepare the filling.
- In a medium size skillet, cook sausage on medium-high until brown, crispy and cooked through. Transfer sausage to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Drain off all about 2 tablespoons of the fat. Turn heat to medium and cook leeks until soft. Add mushrooms and cook an additional 5-7 minutes until soft and starting to brown. Take off heat and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the half and half, milk, eggs, egg yolks and salt and pepper together.
- Spread the sausage, leek, mushroom mixture in the bottom of the pie lined plate. Top with the egg mixture and sprinkle with swiss cheese.
- Bake quiche in the preheated 425F oven for 20 minutes and then turn heat down to 350 and cook quiche an additional 20-25 minutes until center is just set and top is nice and golden.
- Remove from oven, let cool, slice and devour.