Get your morning started right with Breakfast Sausage Frittata Bites. Start with my Perfect Frittata Bites base. Sauté some onion and green bell pepper, and brown a couple of your favorite breakfast sausage patties. Crumble everything into your muffin cups. Add a little shredded mozzarella and bake. Recipe makes enough for today and tomorrow plus extras for your freezer.
One is enough to get you going (8.5g protein), but good luck not eating a second one as soon as you finish the first. I’ve put the serving size and nutrition information for 2 bites on purpose.
Breakfast Sausage Frittata Bites
This recipe starts with my Perfect Frittata Bites base. The secret to perfectly puffy egg bites is to use enough fat in the egg mixture and to bake it in a water bath.
Prepare your baking tray and waterbath before preheating the overn. Combine 10 eggs, 1/2 cup of crème fraîche and a teaspoon of garlic powder. Season with salt and pepper and whisk to combine until frothy.
Brown 6 of your favorite breakfast sausage patties. Use a wad of paper towel to soak up a little of the grease and use that to grease your muffin tin. Throw some onions and green bell pepper in to cook with the sausage.
I’m using hot breakfast sausage patties from Narrow Way Farms in Ivanhoe, Texas. They sell at Coppell Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings. The patties are way greasier than I’d like, but they are delicious!!
Use a spatula or spoon to break the breakfast sausage patties into bite-sized chunks. Transfer to your muffin cups and add a little onion and pepper on top of each one. Sprinkle in a little shredded mozzarella.
Transfer your egg mixture to a container with a pour spout. Drizzle the mixture in and let it work its way down and around the filling ingredients. So fun!!
Perfect Frittata Bites − Bake in a Water Bath
The key to getting perfect Breakfast Sausage Frittata Bites is to bake them in a water bath. Set a large baking tray (big enough to fit your muffin tin) on the top over rack. Pour in 2-3 cups of water and preheat to 350℉.
Fill your muffin cups to the top and CAREFULLY transfer to the water bath once the oven has preheated. The best way to do this is to pull the oven rack out about halfway before setting the muffin tin into the hot water. Set the tin down close to the front edge of the baking tray and use a fork or spatula to GENTLY push it toward the middle before GENTLY pushing the oven rack back in.
Bake your Breakfast Sausage Frittata Bites for 12 minutes and then use your oven light to see how they are doing. They should be puffed up like muffins but may still look wet on top. Don’t open the oven door just yet.
Give them another 3 minutes before pulling them out. Poke the top of one with your finger and it should feel semi-firm and bouncy.
GENTLY pull the oven rack halfway out. Be gentle to avoid having boiling water splash out on you. Use a spatula to carefully slide the muffin tin as far forward on the tray as it will go. Then use the spatula to get under the edges until you can life one end up enough to safely grab it with your oven mitt.
Turn the oven off, push the oven rack back in and let the oven cool completely before trying to remove the tray with the remaining water.
You can use a fork to pop your Breakfast Sausage Frittata Bites out of their tins. Allow any that you don’t eat to cool completely before sealing in a freezer safe container or bag.
Equipment
- muffin tin
- large baking tray
- stand mixer optional
Ingredients
Frittata Base
- 10 medium eggs
- 1/2 cup crème fraîche
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 6 small breakfast sausage patties
- 1/4 cup onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
- 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Place a large baking tray (big enough that your muffin tin sits easily inside of it) in the oven and pour in enough water to cover the bottom of the tray (2-3 cups). Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- Heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add 6 small breakfast sausage patties to the skillet (or follow heating instructions on package). Brown them until they start to release some grease. Use a wad of paper towel to soak up a little grease and use that to grease your muffin cups. Add the onions and bell pepper to the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes until soft.
- Meanwhile, combine 10 eggs, 1/2 cup of crème fraîche and 1/2 tsp of garlic powder in a large mixing bowl. Season well with salt and pepper. Whisk thoroughly to combine. If using a stand mixer, use the whisk attachment and whisk at medium-high speed for about 30 seconds. Mixture should look frothy.
- Break the sausage patties into bite-sized chunks and transfer evenly to muffin cups. Evenly distribute the onion, bell pepper and mozzarella on top.
- Transfer your egg mixture to a container with a pouring spout (a Pyrex glass measuring cup works great) and slowly pour the egg mixture into each muffin cup, allowing it to work down through the filling ingredients and filling it just barely below the rim of the cup. You should have just enough for all 12 muffin cups.
- Carefully place the muffin tin into the water bath on the baking tray. Be careful not to touch the water as it will be very hot. Bake for 12-15 minutes, checking through the oven window after 12 minutes (try not to open the door or you will let the precious humidity from your water bath escape). The bites are done when they puff up like muffins and feel just barely firm to the touch (enough to bounce back when poked with a finger).
- To remove the muffin tray safely: Gently pull the oven rack toward you so that it is about halfway out of the oven. Using an oven mitt in one hand and a spatula in the other, gently pull the muffin tray all the way toward the front edge of the baking sheet and then use the spatula to give you leverage to get under one edge of the muffin tray so you can safely get your oven mitt around an edge without dipping your oven mitt in the water. Carefully lift the muffin pan out and set aside to rest.It's a good idea to let the water in the baking tray cool before trying to remove the tray from the oven.
- Let the frittata bites rest for a minute or two before removing. Allow them to cool completely before refrigerating or freezing.
Nutrition
Are you thinking more about a juicy piece of sausage? Try Sweet Italian Sausage and Pepper Pasta with Shaved Brussel Sprouts.
Looking for something a little lighter for breakfast? Try Peanut Butter, Butter and Banana Toast.
