Breakfast Strata
Description
Eggs, Cheddar cheese, sausage, mushrooms, and bread are baked into a crowd-pleasing, breakfast strata even your pickiest of eaters will be going back for seconds.
Ingredients
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1 pound sausage, casings removed
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2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
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10 cups cubed, day-old bread
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8 eggs, beaten
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3 cups whole milk
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2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
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1 1/2 cups cubed Black Forest ham
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1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
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2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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2 tablespoons mustard powder
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2 teaspoons butter, melted
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2 teaspoons dried basil
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1 teaspoon salt
Directions
1
Generously grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
2
Heat a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir sausage until crumbly and completely browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer cooked sausage to the prepared casserole dish.
3
Cook and stir mushrooms in the same skillet over medium heat until liquid has been released and mushrooms are lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes; drain.
4
Combine mushrooms, bread, eggs, milk, Cheddar cheese, ham, spinach, flour, dry mustard, butter, basil, and salt together in a large bowl; pour over sausage. Cover casserole dish and refrigerate, 2 hours to overnight.
5
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
6
Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes.