You’ve got some house guests? Or folks comin’ over for brunch? Well, honey, this here Cheese and Sausage Strata is the perfect recipe for you! To save yourself some hassle, you can even put it all together the night before, refrigerate it, and bake it in the morning! Serve this dee-lish-us strata with some fresh fruit and mimosas and your guests will LUV you! And be askin’ for seconds! YUM!
Cheese and Sausage Strata
Recipe by: Bobbi Jo Lathan
Recipe type: Brunch
Cuisine: Southern
PREP TIME
30 mins
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
1 hour 30 mins
INGREDIENTS
1 ½ pounds bulk pork sausage (crumbled)
½ small white onion (chopped)
8 white bread slices (cut into cubes)
1 ½ cups sharp cheddar cheese (grated)
9 eggs (beaten)
2 ½ cups evaporated milk
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder (or granulated garlic)
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat your oven to 350° F and grease yourself a 9” X 13” baking dish.
In your skillet, cook the crumbled sausage until it’s no longer pink.
Add the chopped onion and stir into sausage and cook for another 2 minutes until the onion is translucent.
Then, turn off the burner and set aside a minute.
Place a layer of the cubed bread into the bottom of the 9” X 13” greased baking dish.
Top the bread with the cooked sausage-onion mixture. (NOTE: If the sausage you just sautéed has a lot of excess grease, then use a slotted spoon to drain the sausage before placing it over the bread cubes.)
Now, sprinkle the top of the sausage with the grated cheddar cheese.
In a mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, evaporated milk, dry mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Pour this mixture over the bread-sausage-cheese mixture in the 9” X 13” baking dish. (NOTE: This can also be refrigerated overnight and cooked the next day.)
Place the strata in the oven and bake at 350° for 60 minutes until you can stick a knife into the middle and it comes out clean. Depending upon how hot your oven cooks, it may be less or more than 60 minutes.
Remove the strata from oven when done and let it stand for about 3-5 minutes before cutting into squares and serving. All your breakfast or brunch guests will love it! YUM!
NOTES
You can also substitute the sausage with ham or bacon (or both) in the recipe. You can also cook them individually in ramekins which will cut your cook time in half.
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