Venison Sausage and Wild Rice Quiche

On the Menu Today~
Venison Sausage and Wild Rice Quiche

This delicious quiche is full of flavor and
filled with cooked wild rice,
ground venison sausage or
you can substitute ground vension  and
smoked Gouda cheese.
The wonderful thing about making a quiche is.....
you can literally use any ingredients you have on hand and
the end result will be delicious~

Today kicks off the Deer Hunting Season here in Wisconsin.
The woods are ablaze with orange and camouflage.
To help kick off  Deer Hunting Season,
this recipe uses venison and
two other Wisconsin favorites
smoked Gouda cheese and wild rice~

Venison Sausage and Wild Rice Quiche

Ingredients

• 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 pounds ground venison sausage or ground venison
• 2 teaspoons liquid smoke
• 1 1/2 cups cooked wild rice or wild rice blend
• 1 1/2 cups shredded smoked Gouda cheese
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
• 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper

Cooking Directions

1. Bake crust at 425º for 5 minutes. Remove from oven, set aside.
2. Reduce heat to 325º
3. In a medium skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Saute garlic for 5 minutes. Add sausage and liquid smoke. Brown sausage until no longer pink inside, drain. Spoon sausage mixture into baked crust. Spoon wild rice over sausage mixture, top with shredded cheese.
4. In a small bowl, beat eggs with milk, salt and pepper. Pour mixture over all.
5. Bake at 325º for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
6. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Sausage , Cheese, Wild Rice, Rice, Quiche, Venison

Kitchen Tip:
Replace the venison sausage called for in this recipe
with your favorite bratwurst or Italian sausage.
Here's how...

How to remove casing from bratwurst or sausage links:

• Using a sharp knife, slice bratwurst or links down the center
• Using a spoon or the back of your knife, scrap meat from casing.
• Use sausage in place of ground sausage, ground pork or ground meat.
• Discard casing.