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My favorite Strata recipe! This delicious dish is made with hearty artisan style bread, fresh spinach and bell pepper, flavorful ham and bold cheddar cheese, and everything is soaked in a rich egg custard and oven baked.
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Ingredients
- 8 large eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 1/4 cups chopped yellow onion
- 1 1/4 cups chopped red bell pepper
- 6 oz. spinach (6 cups packed)
- 2 cups chopped ham
- 3 Tbsp chopped parsley
- 12 oz. hearty Italian bread, or French Bread, cut into 3/4-inch cubes (8 cups)
- 1 1/4 cups sharp white cheddar
Instructions
- Spray a 13 by 9-inch dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together eggs, milk, cream, dijon mustard, red pepper flakes and season with salt and pepper to taste (I use about 3/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper). Set aside.
- Melt butter in a 12-inch skillet set over medium-high heat.
- Add onion and bell pepper and saute until slightly golden brown and tender (only toss occasionally), about 10 minutes.
- Add in spinach and saute just until wilted, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Toss in ham and parsley.
- Spread half of the bread evenly into bottom of prepared baking dish. Top evenly with half of the onion mixture. Sprinkle over half of the cheese.
- Repeat this same layering process with bread, onion mixture and cheese again.
- Whisk egg mixture again then evenly pour over top of the strata.
- Press down with your hands evenly across top to submerge ingredients into the egg mixture.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour, or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Once preheated remove strata from the fridge and bake in preheated oven until center is set, about 50 to 60 minutes.
- Let rest a few minutes before slicing. Serve warm.
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