Ham and Sausage Strata

Name: Ham and Sausage Strata
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams andouille sausage (about , finely diced; 454 grams baguettes, cut into 1/2-inch dice; 3 celery ribs, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 946 milliliters chicken stock; 2 larges eggs, lightly beaten; 227 grams Gruyère cheese, cut into 1/3-inch pieces; 355 milliliters half-and-half or whole milk; 454 grams smoked baked ham, cut into 1/3-inch pieces; 340 grams sweet Italian sausages (about 4), casings removed; 1 jalapeño, seeded and minced; 1 Tbsp kosher salt; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 118 milliliters freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoons freshly ground pepper; 1 Tbsp thyme leaves; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Ham and Sausage Stratan A mixture of chicken stock, baked ham, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 37

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Spread the bread on 2 large baking sheets and bake in the upper and lower thirds of the oven for 10 minutes, or until golden and crisp; shift the pans from top to bottom and front to back halfway through.

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Spread

Bread

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Baking Sheet

Oven

In a large enameled cast-iron casserole, melt the butter in the olive oil.

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Olive Oil

Butter

Add the onion, celery and jalapeo and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, 6 minutes.

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Celery

Onion

Add the Italian sausages and cook, breaking up any large pieces, until no longer pink, 8 minutes. Stir in the ham, andouille, thyme and salt and pepper.

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Italian Sausage

Salt And Pepper

Andouille Sausage

Thyme

Ham

Transfer to a large bowl to cool.

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Bowl

Add the Gruyre, Parmesan and bread to the meat. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, stock and half-and-half and add to the meat and bread mixture; toss until evenly mixed and moistened. Cover the strata with plastic and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.

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Parmesan