Sausage & Smoked Gouda Pie

the Painted Apron

7 months ago

What’s for dinner?

A pie!

It’s a perfect way to use up leftover bits of this and that

A super easy one dish meal using a refrigerated pie crust

It doesn’t have a top crust, so it’s basically a Quiche

Fresh spinach, garlic, breakfast sausage, cream, mustard,

onion, sweet peppers, eggs and Smoked Gouda cheese

First brown the sausage and drain on paper towels

Put the pie crust dough into a deep pie pan,

and spread the bottom with mustard for a little extra flavor layer

Saute the onions and peppers until soft

Top with fresh spinach leaves and cover with a pot lid

The spinach will magically wilt down into the other vegetables

Add sausage back into the mix and stir to combine

Place sausage mixture into the prepared pie crust

and add the grated cheese

Smoked Gouda has a wonderful flavor

Whisk eggs with milk or cream and season well with salt and pepper

Carefully pour over all, letting it seep in everywhere

Bake at 350F for 1 hour or until set in the middle and golden

Sausage and Smoked Gouda Pie

This one dish dinner is complete with meat, vegetables, eggs and cheese. It comes together easily using a refrigerated pie crust round. It can also be frozen after baking

Course Brunch, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword dinner pie, sausage and smoked Gouda quiche, sausage and vegetable pie, Sausage Quiche, sausage, spinach and peppers quiche

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1

Servings 6

Ingredients

3/4 lb Breakfast sausage
1 large sweet onion chopped
2 colored sweet peppers chopped [I used orange]
2 cloves garlic minced
4 cups fresh spinach
8 oz smoked Gouda grated
4 eggs
1 cup 1/2 and 1/2 or 2% milk
salt and pepper
mustard
1 baked pie crust*

Instructions

Prepare pie crust by spreading the bottom with a thin coat of mustard.
Saute sausage until brown and crumbled and drain well.
Reserve some of the sausage drippings and saute the onions and peppers with garlic until soft. When vegetables are done, top with spinach and cover pan to wilt spinach. When spinach has wilted, stir into vegetables.
Add sausage back to pan and combine.
Put half of the sausage mix into pie crust and top with 1/2 of cheese. Repeat layers.
Beat eggs with cream and season well with salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over filling slowly so it fills all the nooks and crannies. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until middle is set and pie is golden. Let sit for 5 minutes before cutting into wedges. Makes 6-8 servings.