Potato Sausage Leek Quiche With Side Baby Spinach Salad Recipes

POTATO SAUSAGE LEEK QUICHE WITH SIDE BABY SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 °. On medium heat, cook sausage until brown. Drain sausage and reserve fat in pan. Add garlic, potatoes and leeks to pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on medium-high for a few minutes than lower to simmer and cover for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain and mix sausage into the potato leek mixture.
• In another a bowl, whisk eggs, half and half, salt and pepper until smooth. Divide half of the potato leek mixture between 2 pie crusts. Sprinkle with cheese and pour egg mixture. Place in the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes, until the egg has set and is lightly browned on the top. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
• For optional side salad, mix olive oil, wine vinegar, honey and lemon juice. Pour over baby spinach and mix until greens are well coated. Serve along side quiche.

BACON & LEEK QUICHE

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp, but do not over cook.
• Set aside to drain.
• Drain off fat from pan, leaving just a light coating in the pan.
• Add the sliced leeks, and cook over medium until wilted and limp, but do not brown.
• Set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Brush pie crust with the beaten egg white.
• Finely chop the bacon and sprinkle evenly over the bottom of the pie crust.
• Sprinkle the leeks evenly over the bacon.
• Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the leeks.
• Beat the whole eggs, egg yolk, cream, half and half, herbs and nutmeg until well mixed, slightly thick and a lemon color.
• Slowly pour over the bacon, leek and cheese mixture.
• Smush down the cheese that floats to the top to coat with the egg mixture.
• It will settle down while baking.
• Sprinkle the top with paprika for a little extra color, if you like.
• Bake at 350 for about 35 min, or until knife inserted off center comes out clean.
• Let set 30 minutes before cutting.
• This can be served warm, room temperature or cold.
• I have made this for vegetarians without the bacon, and it is still quite good.