Sausage Strata

A Christmas morning favorite, or anytime you're serving breakfast to overnight guests. Making this dish the day before and refrigerating overnight is recommended to develop flavor.

• Ready In: 10 hrs 25 mins
• Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 2  lbs pork sausage
• 1⁄4 cup  finely chopped green bell peppers (optional) or 1⁄4 cup red bell pepper (optional)
• 2  teaspoons prepared yellow mustard
• 12  slices  white bread, crust removed
• 1  lb  shredded cheddar cheese or 1  lb swiss cheese
• 6  large eggs
• 4  cups milk
• 1  teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)

Directions

1. The day before:.
2. Grease a 9"x13" baking pan.
3. In a large skillet, saute sausage and peppers. Break up the sausage, stirring and frying until it is well-browned. Drain off the fat. Stir mustard into the sausage.
4. Arrange 6 slices of bread on bottom of baking pan. Top with 1/2 of the sausage and 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat with remaining bread, sausage, and cheese to make a second layer.
5. Beat eggs in large bowl. Beat in milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Pour beaten mixture over layers in the baking pan.
6. Cover tightly and refrigerate overnight.
7. On serving day:.
8. Remove baking pan from refrigerator one hour before cooking to reach room temperature.
9. Bake uncovered at 350F for 40-50 minutes or until center seems set. Serve immediately.