Hmmmm Brunch!

Mmmmmm Brunch! First a Quiche with spinach, baby portabella mushrooms, sausage, red onion, garlic and parmesan! Then Biscuits and Gravy with garlic and cumin and a delicious cup of coffee with beans from Caffé Vita!
 
I love brunch! Personally I love breakfast foods any time of day and the great thing about brunch is that it's good have any time between 11am to 1pm which means you get to SLEEP IN! Which I love to do!  Bobby Flay on the Food Network currently has show dedicated to brunch and he has some amazing recipes on there to check out!
 
Making a quiche is easy and they are delicious! On top of that you can make a quiche in so many different ways.  So a quiche is basically is an oven-baked dish made with eggs and milk or cream in a pastry crust.  That's where you start and where you go is up to you!  My quiche today had spinach, baby portabella mushrooms, sausage, red onion, garlic, parmesan and salt and pepper to taste.  It was delicious! When making a quiche you have the choice of making your pie crust or buying it.  This is definitely up to you, I personally love homemade pastry dough much more than store bought but time can be an issue.  I would recommend taking the time to make your pie crusts ahead of time and keep them in your freezer so you can use them as you please.  Otherwise pick the best quality pie crust in the freezer section of your local grocery store and treat it well.

Recipe:

1 C Sliced Baby Portabella Mushrooms
1 C Ground Sausage
1 C Packed Spinach
2 Garlic Cloves Minced
1/4 C Minced Red Onion
3 T Ground Cumin
2 T EVOO
1 C Shredded Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese 
6 Large Eggs Scambled season with a pinch of salt and pepper
1 Pie Crust (homemade or store bought)


Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.


Bake the pie crust for 10 minutes and remove from the oven.



Season your ground sausage with salt, pepper and 1 T of cumin and mix thoroughly.  Then make marble size balls with the sausage using a teaspoon and brown the sausage balls in a medium saute pan at a medium heat.  Once browned move the sausage to a bowl.  Return the pan to the heat and add the red onion and garlic.  Saute for a minute and add mushrooms and spinach season with salt, pepper and the other 2 T of cumin plus the 2 T of EVOO.  Toss everything together and saute until the spinach is wilted to a medium point and remove the pan from the heat.


Sprinkle a layer of the Parm/Reg in the bottom of the pie crust.  Follow that with a layer of half of the mushroom/sausage/spinach mixture, followed by a layer of cheese followed by the rest of the mixture and top that with cheese. Then pour your scrambled eggs over tops of everything until the eggs fill the pie crust and almost reach the top.  Shimmy the dish a little bit to get the egg mixture around everything in the pan.  Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.  Take the quiche out of the oven and let cool for a few minutes.  Then slice into 6ths or 8ths, garnish with fresh fruit, serve and enjoy!


Brunch is fantastic and making a quiche can be so easy for you, friends and family to enjoy!  Remember a quiche can be anything, instead of sausage use panchetta, instead of spinach use basil, toss some toasted pine nuts in there, add some roasted red peppers, what about some olives or maybe sun dried tomatoes.  The combinations are endless and can be so delicious! So get in that kitchen and make it happen! Cooking is all love to me and a big brunch on a Sunday is a great way to prepare for the upcoming week.