Originally posted by: AmerDoux
Special occassion breakfast, I like to make cream cheeze & blueberry strata
8-10 (1/2 inch thick) slices of French bread, cubed into large chunks and air dried/oven dried
1 package cream cheeze, cubed into small pieces
fresh blueberries (1 to 2 pints)
6 large eggs
1 3/4 cups half-and-half
night before:
place 1/2 dried, cubed bread crumbs in an 8-inch buttered baking dish
sprinkle with 1/2 of the cubed cream cheeze
sprinkle with 1/2 of the blueberries
repeat for second layer
mix your eggs and half-and-half, pour over contents in dish
cover dish with saran wrap, weigh down and refrigerate over night (or minimum of 1 hour)
heat oven to 325
let dish stand at room temp for 20 minutes
remove wrap and bake for 50-55 minutes (or until edges get puffy, brown and begin to pull away slightly from edges of pan)
cool for 5 minutes before serving
Note: cream cheeze and blueberries can be substituted for veggies/cheeze/sausage/etc. just be sure to precook the contents in a skillet and drain well prior to putting into strata or it will end up runny
That sounds mighty tasty, but how can one or even two people consume that in one sitting?