Sometimes
we need a recipe that provides awesome results but is definitely a prepare
ahead so we can stay sane on a hectic morning like Christmas Day.
My
friend Jane’s Breakfast Casserole is precisely one of those recipes.
This
recipe is based on the Christmas Morning Wife Saver from the Best of Bridge
cookbook. A wife-saver because it is prepared the night before and baked the
next morning. My family serves it year
round whenever they have overnight guests or are entertaining with a brunch
Like
all good recipes over the years it has had ingredients substituted and
added. The great thing is that most of
the ingredients can be modified. I’ve
tried to give you it’s simplest form – free to use whatever cheese, vegetable,
bread you have on hand, change the seasonings to taste and to suit and serve it
with confidence- It is everybody’s favourite breakfast.
Jane’s
Christmas Breakfast Casserole.
6-8
servings
Bake
1 hour at 375F
Ingredients
16
slices bread, crusts removed
6
eggs
2
cups milk
1
tsp mustard
1
tsp Worcestershire sauce
Dash
of hot pepper sauce (optional)
½
cup chopped green onions
2
cups grated cheese
8
slices of ham, rolled and sliced finely
1
cup sliced mushrooms, or diced green and red peppers.
Method
Butter
a 30x20 cm casserole or lasagna pan well
Cover
the bottom of the pan with half the bread, tearing the bread to fit.
Beat
eggs, milk, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and pepper sauce together until well
mixed.
Soak
bottom layer of bread with at least 1/3 of the egg mixture.
Sprinkle
onions, half the cheese, mushrooms, peppers and ham evenly over the bread.
Cover
with the final slices of bread.
Pour
remaining egg mixture over the bread covering all.
Top
with the remaining cheese.
Cover
and wrap
Refrigerate
overnight.
Bake
in a hot oven until puffed and golden.
Margaret Ann RD
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