Ingredients
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3 eggs
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1 cup ricotta cheese
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1 teaspoon italian seasoning
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1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
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1 (3 1/2 ounce) package sliced pepperoni, chopped
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1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
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3/4 cup pizza sauce (use your favorite)
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12 tablespoons additional pizza sauce
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1/2 lb hot Italian sausage
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1 pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie
Instructions
- Remove and discard casing from sausage.
- Cook sausage in a medium skillet until browned, stirring to crumble; drain well, and set aside.
- Line a 9-inch quiche dish or pieplate with half of pastry; flute edges.
- Bake at 450 for 5 minutes; prick pastry with fork, and bake additional 5 minutes.
- Remove from oven; reduce oven temp to 350.
- Combine eggs, ricotta cheese, and Italian seasoning; beat well.
- Stir in cooked sausage,pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and Parmesan cheese.
- Spoon egg mixture into baked pastry shell.
- Cut an 8-inch circle out of remaining pastry; cut circle into 6 wedges.
- Arrange pastry wedges on top of filling.
- Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let cool 10 minutes.
- Spoon 2 T pizza sauce over each pastry wedge on top of quiche.
- (you can skip this last part if you want to cut back on sauce, it's really just for looks).