Grand Central Strata
One of my adopted recipes.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 6 -7slices Italian bread, leftover (You can use 6-7 slices sourdough bread instead)
- 4 -5sliced mushrooms
- 1⁄2
- 1
- 1⁄2
- 1teaspoon black pepper
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 6tablespoons butter
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DIRECTIONS
- To Prepare Vegetables: Broccoli: Cut into thin slices.
- Peel woody stems.
- Blanche in boiling water for 2- 3 minutes depending on the size of your pieces.
- Plunge into cold water.
- Drain and reserve.
- Spinach or Chard: Use frozen chopped spinach or chop fresh greens and blanch about 1 minute in boiling water.
- Drain thoroughly in colander.
- Zucchini: Slice or dice and sauté with onions and mushrooms.
- To Assemble: Sauté the onions, mushrooms and zucchini (if selected) and mix with prepared vegetable of choice.
- Mix in fresh basil.
- Set aside.
- With a wire whisk beat the eggs, add the milk and/or cream and season carefully with salt and pepper.
- Remove the crusts from the bread.
- Butter the bottom and sides of an 8 ½" x 11" ovenproof pan and cut enough bread to cover the bottom.
- (cut pieces to fit snuggly) Spread vegetables over bread and top with grated cheeses.
- Pour egg mixture over all.
- Top with remaining bread.
- Pressing it slightly into egg mixture.
- Dot with butter, Cover and refrigerate overnight or for a minimum of 2 hours.
- Bake at 350 degrees until custard is set and dish is browned on top.
- (50- 60 minutes).
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