Ingredients
One of my go-to recipes for Christmas morning breakfast, or anytime breakfast! Prepare it the night before and then pop it in the oven the next morning. CAUTION: it is really rich and filling!
1 loaf of day-old Italian bread or French baguette, cut into roughly 21 slices
2 pounds bulk breakfast sausage
2 cups of sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup of chopped onions
5 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups of milk 1.5 cups grated cheese (Asiago, Fontina, Swiss, Cheddar or a mix of all)
Directions
Grease a 2.5 quart deep casserole dish. Combine the milk and eggs in a large bowl and set aside. In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, brown the breakfast sausage, breaking up the sausage as it cooks. This should take 5 minutes.
Add the mushrooms and onions and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring often. Set the skillet aside. Place a layer of 1/3 of the sliced bread in the bottom of the greased casserole dish. (Note: you can also lightly butter the bread after it is sliced, for added flavor) .
Spoon half of the sausage/mushroom/onion mixture on top of the layer of bread. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the grated cheese. Repeat with another layer of bread > the remaining sausage/mushroom/onion mixture > 1/2 cup of cheese .
Cover with a final layer of bread. Very slowly, pour the milk and egg mixture over top and then sprinkle with he remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.
Refrigerate the strata overnight. The next morning, preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and bake for approximately one hour, or until the top of the strata is golden and bubbling!
ENJOY!!!
One of my go-to recipes for Christmas morning breakfast, or anytime breakfast! Prepare it the night before and then pop it in the oven the next morning. CAUTION: it is really rich and filling!
1 loaf of day-old Italian bread or French baguette, cut into roughly 21 slices
2 pounds bulk breakfast sausage
2 cups of sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup of chopped onions
5 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups of milk 1.5 cups grated cheese (Asiago, Fontina, Swiss, Cheddar or a mix of all)
Directions
Grease a 2.5 quart deep casserole dish. Combine the milk and eggs in a large bowl and set aside. In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, brown the breakfast sausage, breaking up the sausage as it cooks. This should take 5 minutes.
Add the mushrooms and onions and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring often. Set the skillet aside. Place a layer of 1/3 of the sliced bread in the bottom of the greased casserole dish. (Note: you can also lightly butter the bread after it is sliced, for added flavor) .
Spoon half of the sausage/mushroom/onion mixture on top of the layer of bread. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the grated cheese. Repeat with another layer of bread > the remaining sausage/mushroom/onion mixture > 1/2 cup of cheese .
Cover with a final layer of bread. Very slowly, pour the milk and egg mixture over top and then sprinkle with he remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.
Refrigerate the strata overnight. The next morning, preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and bake for approximately one hour, or until the top of the strata is golden and bubbling!
ENJOY!!!
