Breakfast Strata

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.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 600 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons butter, melted
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 8 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons mustard powder
• 3 cups whole milk
• 1 pound sausage, casings removed
• 10 cups cubed, day-old bread
• 1.5 cups cubed Black Forest ham

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Generously grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

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.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes.