Strata Casserole, A Great Hangover Breakfast

Think you can't host a brunch because you want to be drinking late into the night? Can't think of something to make which will be good on the gurgling gut and not be too much to futz with when you're having trouble thinking straight? Strata is just the thing. This casserole, made of egg, bread, roasted tomatoes and ham is delicious and delicate on your alcoholic system. The bread in this breakfast dish is great for soaking up any nasty lingering liquor in your tummy (thats the science!) and can easily be made up to two days in advance, so you can just pop it in the oven and spend the rest of your time hunched over wishing you hadn't had those last couple drinks. My mom makes this every year for our post - Oktoberfest brunch, and every year it makes me feel better. We rate this breakfast dish easy to make, easy to eat!

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Step 1 Gather your ingredients

Gather together these ingredients

1 tsp. plus 1 T. unsalted butter
12 large eggs
11/2 cups milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
pinch freshly grated nutmeg
pinch cayenne pepper
1 tsp. Kosher salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 cup diced baked ham
1 T. minced flat leaf parsley
11/2 tsp. thinly sliced fresh chives
2 cups shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese (about 8 oz)
1 pound sourdough bread (boule preferred) crust removed and cut into 1 inch cubes

1 cup of oven dried tomatoes:
2 pounds ripe plum tomatoes, cored and cut in half lengthwise
11/2 tsp. kosher salt
Extra virgin olive oil (optional)
Fresh herb sprigs (thyme, rosemary or sage) optional

Comments

[gladys45]

 how can salt be Kosher? or not Kosher for that matter.......

[FrankenPC]

Kosher partly means how the facility is prepared for processing. For instance, a kosher preparation facility won't have processed any meat on the same equipment it processes the salt.

[minerug]

Oh btw, is cayenne pepper pronounced 'sye-ann' or 'kay-ann'?

[l8nite]

I've always heard it pronounced "Ki-ann" This dish looks and sounds totally delicious! Definately going in my recipe file !

[Forkable]

I say Kay-ann, but don't take my word for it. Check out the expert at 6:22 into video

[robert.a.scheffler]

My mother makes something similar to this, she simply calls it Egg Bake. The only real substance in her version is crumbled sausage, cheese & of course the bread. It is amazing with a little steak sauce. And it has always been a favorite when I was hung over. She will still make it when we get together around the holidays. I am going to have to try your method as it looks absolutely delicious. Yum-yum!

[ruben782]

Sounds great for a weekend breakfast! But the last thing I wanna do if I have a hangover is cook.

[Forkable]

I know! Thats why all you have to do is stick this thing in the oven. It is already made from the day before!