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Italian Sausage Egg Strata

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Ingredients
  

  • 6 large eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 1 sweet onion thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup chopped basil
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 lb Italian sausage casings removed
  • 2 bell peppers seeded and cut into slices
  • 1 baguette or bread of your choice I used sourdough cut into 1/2 inch cubes (gluten free bread would be okay too)
  • 2 cups loosely packed grated Fontina or Gruyere cheese
  • Pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Butter 13x9x2- inch baking dish.
  • Mix eggs, milk, onion, cream, basil and salt in a bowl.
  • Add pepper.
  • Add sausage to a hot pan and break it up with a spoon.
  • Add bell pepper to other side of pan or skillet.
  • Saute over medium-high heat until sausage is cooked through about 7 minutes or so.
  • Lay half of bread slices in prepared dish.
  • Pour half of egg mixture over.
  • Sprinkle with half of cheese, then half of sausage pepper mixture.
  • Repeat layering. Let stand 20 minutes, occasionally pressing on bread to submerge.
  • Bake strata until puffed and brown, about 1 hour.
  • Cool slightly.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

Adapted from Bon Appetit, 2009 and Sandhill Organics