Turkey Sausage and Asparagus Quiche

This turkey sausage and asparagus quiche is brunch ready, perfect for Mother’s Day or any morning! It makes two quiches and it freezes great too!

I could eat quiche every day for the rest of my life.

My mom would often make quiche for a breakfast-for-dinner type meal. Usually she makes one similar to this spinach quiche with cornmeal crust. The cornmeal crust is one of my favorite things EVER but I decided to switch it up and use a traditional pie crust for this quiche.

And by “decided to switch it up,” I clearly mean that I was feeling lazy AND I happened to have a box of pie crusts in my fridge. That’s right – a box. Sometimes shortcuts are okay! Most of the time they are okay. There are very few times that shortcuts are not okay.

Shortcut taco seasoning is not okay. There, I thought of one. Homemade taco seasoning is just so easy and SO good. But you know what, if you want tacos and you don’t feel like making up a batch of taco seasoning? I’m not gonna judge you for ripping open a package. Do what you gotta do, girl (or guy).

About this Turkey Sausage and Asparagus Quiche

If you’re feeling a bit more motivated than I am, this quiche is great with any homemade pie crust, including my cornmeal crust.

As you can see in my recipe, I use turkey breakfast sausage, but if you prefer pork, pork it is! If it renders a fair amount of grease, you’ll want to drain that off before adding it to the quiche.

And of course, if you don’t have asparagus on hand, this is be great with any number of vegetables, especially spinach or broccoli.

Tips for freezing quiche:

“Quiche can be frozen prior to baking or after baking; baking first may make the quiche a little easier to maneuver in the freezer. … To freeze quiche after baking: Proceed as above. Do not thaw before reheating. Remove wrap and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 25 minutes, or until heated through.” (source: Golden Valley)

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Recipe

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Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 50 minutes mins

Additional Time: 10 minutes mins

Total Time: 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

2 quiches

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This turkey sausage and asparagus quiche is brunch ready, perfect for Mother’s Day or any morning! It makes two quiches and it freezes great too!

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ 1 (16 ounce) package bulk mild turkey breakfast sausage
• ▢ one bunch asparagus, cut into bite sized pieces (2 heaping cups chopped asparagus)
• ▢ two pie crusts
• ▢ 8 eggs, beaten
• ▢ 2 cups milk
• ▢ 2 cups shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon salt
• ▢ freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• In a medium saucepan, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Cook sausage, breaking up as it browns. Cook until no longer pink. Add asparagus and continue to cook until asparagus has softened slightly and turned a slightly darker green. Cool slightly.
• Fit pie crusts loosely into two 9-inch pie pans, fluting edges — they don’t have to be perfect.
• Spread half of sausage/asparagus mixture over the bottom of one crust, and the other half in the other crust..
• In a separate bowl, combine beaten eggs, milk, cheese, salt, pepper. Pour evenly over sausage and asparagus in each pie crust.
• Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes. Without opening oven, turn the oven down to 350°F and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and set in the middle. Let stand 10 minutes before serving warm, room temperature or cold.

Notes

• The skillet I used to brown the sausage was not nonstick. If you have a nonstick skillet, you can probably get away with omitting the oil from this recipe.
• Quiche can be frozen prior to baking or after baking; baking first may make the quiche a little easier to maneuver in the freezer. ... To freeze quiche after baking: Proceed as above. Do not thaw before reheating. Remove wrap and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 25 minutes, or until heated through. (source: Golden Valley)

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1slice, Calories: 279kcal, Carbohydrates: 13g, Protein: 13g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 9g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g, Cholesterol: 127mg, Sodium: 404mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

© Author: Rachel Gurk

Loving quiche as much as I am? Make sure to try my roasted broccoli quiche as well!

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