Overnight Egg & Cheese Strata

Name: Overnight Egg & Cheese Strata
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 to 8 asparagus stalks; 2 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 2 servings Butter, for greasing the baking dish; 1 Tbsp finely snipped chives; 2 larges eggs, lightly beaten; 227 grams 225 g grated Fontina cheese; 4 slices thin slices mortadella or prosciutto; 4 slices thick slices hearty whole-wheat/wholemeal or multigrain artisan bread; 2 servings Sea salt; 237 milliliters 240 ml whole milk

Overnight Egg & Cheese Strata might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 2 servings with 856 calories, 52g of protein, and 57g of fat each. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up eggs, pepper, fontina cheese, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas

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Butter a small 4-cup/960-ml ovenproof baking dish.

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Butter

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Remove the crusts from the bread and cut into slices; you should have about 3 cups.

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Bread

Lay the slices across the baking dish, slightly overlapping and allowing some edges to hang over the sides.

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Whisk together the eggs and milk in a large bowl. Stir in half of the cheese and season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Cheese

Egg

Milk

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Whisk

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Pour three-fourths of the egg mixture over the bread cubes.

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Peel the bottom half of the asparagus and break off the stem ends where it snaps naturally. Discard any woody stems.

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Asparagus

Layer the mortadella over the bread and top with asparagus spears.

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Mortadella

Bread

Pour the remaining egg mixture over the top and finish with the remaining cheese. At this point, you can bake the strata immediately, or cover with plastic wrap/cling film and refrigerate overnight for a surprise breakfast in bed.

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Cheese

Wrap

Egg

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Bake the strata until just set, 30 to 35 minutes.

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Let cool slightly, sprinkle the top with chopped chives, and serve in the baking dish.

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P.S. Double this recipe easily for a large crowd, and watch it disappear at every New Year's Brunch or potluck.

Bake for 1 hour in a 9-by-13-in/23-by-33 cm pan.

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From The Newlywed Cookbook: Fresh Ideas & Modern Recipes for Cooking with & for Each Other by Sarah Copeland. Text Copyright © 2012 by Sarah Copeland; photographs copyright © 2012 by Sara Remington. Published by Chronicle Books LLC.