Recipe
Spring Strata with Asparagus & Cheddar
This recipe is prepped the night before, making it ideal for serving a group.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 pound asparagus, cut into one inch pieces
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
- ½-1 cup sweet onion, chopped
- 8 cups cubed French bread (we use hearty pugalese bread from Costco)
- 2 cups shredded cheese, divided (we use Costco's 4 cheese shredded blend)
- 1 cup cooked cubed ham (optional, usually I don’t use it)
- 8 eggs (or 1 carton egg beaters)
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 tsp marjoram
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
Directions
Melt butter over medium heat in medium sized skillet.
Add vegetables and cook until softened, stirring occasionally, 3-5 min.
In a large bowl, combine eggs, milk, and seasoning.
In a buttered 9x 13 baking dish layer bread cubes, ham, vegetables and 1 cup shredded cheese.
Pour egg mixture evenly over bread.
Cover and refrigerate 12-24 hours.
Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for45-55 minutes, until golden and puffed. Sprinkle remaining one cup cheese evenly over top and bake until cheese melts (optional).
Recipe serves 12.
Note: I often divide into 2 equal sized glass 8x8 pans and freeze half for another time.
- Categories
- Egg Entrees
- Prep Time
- 20 minutes
- Cook Time
- 45 minutes
- Total Time
- 65 minutes
- Yield
- 1 9x 13 pan (12 servings)
- Published
- April 2, 2011
- Author
- Blayne & Julie McAferty
Dietary Facts
- Serving Size
- 1 piece