Italian Sausage And Red Onion Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 sheet shortcrust pastry dough (ready rolled)
• 3/4 lb italian sausage
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 3/4 red onion, finely diced
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f or 180°c.
• 2 lay the sheet of pastry dough over a 9-inch quiche pan, pressing the dough gently into the crimped edges. cut away any excess dough so the pastry is level with the top of the pan.
• 3 prick the base of the pastry with a fork.
• 4 in a skillet over medium heat, start to cook the italian sausage and crushed garlic. cook for 8-10 minutes, mashing the italian sausage into small chunks with the spatula.
• 5 add the red onion and cook for a further 2 minutes.
• 6 remove from the heat. evenly spoon the italian sausage and red onion into the pastry shell.
• 7 scatter the cheese over the sausage mixture.
• 8 mix the eggs and cream together and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 9 pour carefully over the other ingredients in the pastry shell, leaving a little space for the mixture to rise slightly in the oven.
• 10 bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until the egg mixture is cooked and set.
• 11 let stand for 5 minutes before cutting.
• 12 serve hot or cold!