Pizza Quiche

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb hot italian sausage
• 1 pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package sliced pepperoni, chopped
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 3/4 cup pizza sauce (use your favorite)
• 12 tablespoons additional pizza sauce (optional)

Recipe

• 1 remove and discard casing from sausage.
• 2 cook sausage in a medium skillet until browned, stirring to crumble; drain well, and set aside.
• 3 line a 9-inch quiche dish or pieplate with half of pastry; flute edges.
• 4 bake at 450 for 5 minutes; prick pastry with fork, and bake additional 5 minutes.
• 5 remove from oven; reduce oven temp to 350.
• 6 combine eggs, ricotta cheese, and italian seasoning; beat well.
• 7 stir in cooked sausage,pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and parmesan cheese.
• 8 spoon egg mixture into baked pastry shell.
• 9 cut an 8-inch circle out of remaining pastry; cut circle into 6 wedges.
• 10 arrange pastry wedges on top of filling.
• 11 bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown.
• 12 let cool 10 minutes.
• 13 spoon 2 t pizza sauce over each pastry wedge on top of quiche.
• 14 (you can skip this last part if you want to cut back on sauce, it's really just for looks).