Savory Bread Pudding Casserole

This was featured in Vegetarian Times for their Mardi Gras New Orleans special a few years ago. It works for Dinner Parties and for Holidays. You may layer all the cheese on top.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 3  large eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups milk
• 1  teaspoon  hot sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 4  cups  diced  stale bread
• 1  lb spinach, well rinsed and wilted
• 1  cup corn kernel, preferable scraped from the cob
• 1  cup  chopped scallion
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped red bell pepper
• 2  cups  shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Before assembling steam the spinach using the water left on the leaves from the rinsing.
2. Preheat the oven to 325°F Lightly oil bottom and sides of high sided 9 by 13 inch pan or a souffle dish.
3. Beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add the milk, hot sauce, and salt mixing together. Depending on size of dish pour 1/3 to 1/2 of mix into pan then add 1/3 to 1/2 bread cubes and push down into milk. then add 1/3 to 1/2 of the spinach, then corn, scallions, bell pepper and 1 cup cheese.
4. Repeat save the cheese and some of the milk mix until you are done and then pour the milk over top making sure it soaks the bread.
5. Bake an hour. Top with cheese. Return to oven for 10 minutes. Remove and serve while hot.