Sausage Crusted Quiche with Hash Browns
Description
This cheese-y quiche, baked on a bed of hash browns with a sausage 'crust,' would be perfect for brunch.
Ingredients
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1 (12 ounce) package Johnsonville® Original, Brown Sugar & Honey, or Vermont Maple Syrup Breakfast Sausage links
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2 cups Simply Potatoes® Shredded Hash Browns
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2 tablespoons butter
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1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
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10 eggs
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1 cup half-and-half cream
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1/2 teaspoon onion powder
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Salt and pepper to taste
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5 small, thin tomato slices
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1 tablespoon thinly sliced chives
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2
Cook breakfast sausage according to package directions; set aside.
3
In a skillet, brown the hash browns in butter until crisp.
4
Spread hash browns into the bottom of a greased 9-in. deep dish pie plate (about 1-3/4 in. deep)
5
Sprinkle cheese into center of the pie plate.
6
Arrange breakfast sausage around the edge of the pie plate at a slight angle; using cheese to help hold up the links.
7
In a bowl, combine the eggs, cream, onion powder, salt and pepper; pour into pie plate.
8
Arrange tomato slices on top of quiche; sprinkle with chives.
9
Cover sausage at edge of quiche with foil to prevent overbrowning.
10
Bake for 40-45 minutes or until eggs are set. Let rest 5 minutes before cutting.