Monte Cristo Strata

Name: Monte Cristo Strata
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 10 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 1 loaf (1 1/4-pound; about 18 slices) bakery white bread, crusts removed, bread sliced; 10 servings Softened butter; 4 larges (large) eggs; 59 milliliters grainy mustard; 710 milliliters 3/4 pound Gruyère cheese, coarsely shredded; 454 grams Virginia ham, thinly sliced; 710 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps tarragon, chopped, plus more for garnish

Monte Cristo Strata might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains roughly 34g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 572 calories. Head to the store and pick up milk, eggs, butter, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the milk you could follow this main course with the Milky Way Brownie Bites as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 and butter a 9-by-13-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Arrange one-third of the bread in the bottom of the dish and spread with half of the mustard. Top with half of the ham, 1 tablespoon of the tarragon and one-third of the Gruyre cheese. Repeat the layering, leaving off the last layer of cheese.

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Tarragon

Mustard

Butter

Cheese

Spread

Bread

Ham

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Baking Pan

Oven

In a medium bowl, whisk the milk with the eggs and season generously with black pepper.

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Black Pepper

Egg

Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour the custard evenly over the dish, pressing the bread to absorb the liquid. Pat the remaining cheese on top and cover with a sheet of buttered parchment paper.

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Custard