Name: Breakfast strata
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 4 sausages of your choice; 100g bacon lardons; 150g chestnut mushrooms halved or quartered if large; knob of butter for the pan; 275g crusty bread cut into roughly 2cm chunks; 120g semi-dried tomatoes (drained weight), roughly chopped; 5 eggs; 500ml whole milk; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; small bunch of chives finely chopped; 75g cheddar or gruyère grated

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Breakfast strata

Cassie Best

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 45 mins

plus 1 hr chilling

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This sharing centrepiece is loaded with all the best bits of a fried breakfast (sausages, bacon, mushrooms and eggs), plus melted cheese and crusty croutons

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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4 sausages

of your choice
100g bacon lardons
150g chestnut mushrooms

halved or quartered if large
knob of butter

for the pan
275g crusty bread

cut into roughly 2cm chunks
120g semi-dried tomatoes

(drained weight), roughly chopped
5 eggs
500ml whole milk
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
small bunch of chives

finely chopped
75g cheddar or gruyère

grated

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal474
fat24g
saturates10g
carbs36g
sugars13g
fibre5g
protein26g
salt2.3g

Method

step 1

Squeeze the sausagemeat from the skins into a frying pan set over a medium heat. Cook for 10-12 mins, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Once browned, tip the sausagemeat into a bowl. Fry the lardons in the pan until crisp, about 4-5 mins. Transfer to the bowl with the sausage, then cook the mushrooms in the pan for 5-8 mins until softened.
step 2

Butter an ovenproof dish (ours was 30 x 23cm and 5cm deep). Tip in the bread chunks, then scatter over the sausage, bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes.
step 3

Whisk the eggs, milk, mustard, half the chives and some seasoning together in a jug. Pour this over the bread, meat and mushrooms, then scatter over the cheese. Cover and chill for at least 1 hr, or up to a day. 4 Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Uncover the strata and bake for 35-40 mins until crisp and golden on top and set in the middle. Let it stand for 5 mins, then scatter over the remaining chives and serve.

Recipe tip

You can use stale bread to make the strata, and adapt the elements according to what’s in your fridge. Try adding peppers or onions, or swap the cheddar for any cheese you have at home – hard cheeses work best.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2023

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