Mini Sausage Quiches Recipe

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease mini-muffin pans.

On a lightly floured board, place unfolded thawed puff pastry sheet and roll out into a rectangle 12 x 14 inches and about 1/8-inch thick. Using a 2-1/2-inch biscuit cutter, cut 24 rounds. Fit rounds into mini-muffin cups.

Gently saute sausage , sweet onion , red bell pepper, and garlic together until meat is no longer pink, breaking it up as you go. Drain off fat and cool to room temperature. Place 1/2 to 1 tablespoon sausage mixture into each pastry cup.

Blend cream cheese, dry mustard , sage , thyme , onion powder, salt , hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until incorporated.

Spoon egg and cheese mixture over sausage in each cup. Top with a sprinkling of Gruyere or Swiss cheese .

Bake 10 minutes until puffed and golden. Serve warm.

May be baked ahead and frozen. Reheat in a 350-degree F. oven for 15 to 20 minutes.

Yield: 24 mini quiche appetizers