Make-Ahead Cheesy Ham-Mushroom Egg Bake

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"This is completely prepared and refrigerated overnight which makes it a great weekend brunch casserole :)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups shredded cheddar cheese or 2 1/2 cups swiss cheese, divided
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄2 lb fresh sliced mushrooms
• 1 small chopped yellow onion (or use 6 green onions, chopped)
• 1 small green bell peppers or 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 2 cups fully-cooked cubed ham
• 8 large eggs
• 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 3⁄4 cups half-and-half cream or 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1⁄4 teaspoon seasoning salt or 1/4 teaspoon white salt
• fresh ground black pepper (to taste)

directions

1. Grease a 13 x 9-inch caserole dish.
2. Sprinkle 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese or Swiss cheese into the bottom of the casserole dish.
3. In a skillet melt butter over medium-high heat.
4. Add in mushrooms, onion and and bell pepper; cook stirring until softened and the mushroom loose their moisture, then stir in chopped ham.
5. Sprinkle the mixture over the cheese.
6. In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs with flour, half and half cream or milk, salt and pepper; pour over the ham mixture.
7. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
8. Remove from fridge 30 minutes before baking.
9. Set oven to 350 degrees F.
10. Bake uncovered for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
11. Remove from oven and sprinkle about 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese on top and allow to melt.
12. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

Reviews

[Elizabeth F.]

I made this for Christmas Eve morning brunch and was able to do the prep the night before. It was delicious! Everyone enjoyed it. I actually had to make two different sides (one with only mushrooms and one with only peppers and neutral middle zone )

 

[CookieMonster2323]

Yum! We prepared this for an Easter brunch and it was well-loved and devoured! I fully planned to prepare it the night before as stated, but I was sleepy, so I prepared it early in the morning and it still worked out just great! No other changes made, though I couldn't tell exactly when to put in the flour. I ended up adding it in with the salt & pepper/egg/half & half mixture, and that turned out great! Loved the veggies as well! Thank you for the great recipe! It's exactly what we were looking for!